Overview
- Jury selection, which began Monday, June 1, 2026, marks the shift from months of online debate to in-person court proceedings with opening statements possible if a jury is seated.
- Prosecutors say Anthony stabbed 17-year-old Austin Metcalf once in the chest at a Frisco ISD track meet on April 2, 2025, and a grand jury returned a first-degree murder indictment.
- Anthony has told police he acted in self-defense and his lawyers plan to center the trial on that claim while prosecutors will seek to show it was not justified.
- The court has imposed strict orders including a gag, bans on phones and recording, and a security perimeter after widespread misinformation, doxxing and threats related to the case.
- Anthony’s bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000 and his legal fund raised roughly $600,000 online, developments that have shaped public attention and complicated community tensions as the trial proceeds.