The influencer Emilie Kiser admitted that she feels immense guilt that she was not present when her late son was involved in a drowning incident that he later died from in newly released court documents.
Kiser, 26, made the admission as part of her declaration in a lawsuit she filed in May in front of the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County to permanently block access to records about her son Trigg’s death.
In her declaration, the influencer said her son’s death marked the ‘most severe and emotional event’ that she had experienced in her entire life.
‘I was not at home with this happened,’ Kiser said, in documents obtained by People after they were made public. ‘I will forever second-guess that decision, among many others.’
Kiser’s son Trigg, who was home with his father, fell into her family’s backyard pool on May 12 of this year. After being rushed to a hospital, he died nearly a week later on May 18.
Kiser went on to say she and her spouse Brady had been ‘deeply concerned about the release of specific information and our ability to even start to heal’ in the wake of the tragedy involving their son.
The influencer Emilie Kiser, 26, admitted that she feels immense guilt that she was not present when her late son was involved in a drowning incident in newly released court documents obtained by People
In her declaration, Kiser spoke about how her work as a social media influencer was influenced by her commitment to her family.
‘Our love for our children has been shared and expressed worldwide,’ she said, ‘given my role as a social media personality with many “followers” across a number of social media platforms.
‘Nothing we have shared as part of my profession has depicted or been intended to depict anything but deep and adoring love within our Family.’
Kiser said she felt ‘that is how it should stay forever in my mind and the minds of all others.’
In the legal filing, Kiser said that she hoped the court would seal records related to the family tragedy, as she was concerned that she and her spouse Brady would be negatively impacted by the public ‘release of specific information.’
In her plea to the court, Kiser said releasing materials related to Trigg’s death could traumatize her family by forcing them to relieve the horrific moment.
She also expressed fear about the potentially ‘sick motives’ of people who would attempt to obtain the footage of the drowning or details about her son’s death, noting that news of her son’s death had been widely shared online within hours.
Kiser described how helicopters allegedly circled her house, and she claimed they were filming content related to her son’s death.
Emilie said that Trigg’s May 18 death marked the ‘most severe and emotional event’ that she had experienced in her entire life
The declaration was part of a lawsuit before the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County which sought to permanently block access to records about her son Trigg’s death
Emilie said that she has been inundated with unwanted contact in the three months since the family tragedy, and she feared the harassment she might experience from people with ‘sick motives’ who accessed video or information about her son’s death
She also feared that her younger son Theodore, four months, would one day see details of his brother’s death. ‘It will be very difficult for him to process,’ she claimed
‘Media has come to my front door asking for comment. Unknown people have come to my home and asked to “pray over the house,”‘ she continued. ‘Cars have parked outside of my house and driven back and forth with cameras out their window waiting for “views.” And random packages are being delivered from people whom I do not know.’
One of Kiser’s biggest concerns was that her four-month-old son Theodore — whom she calls Teddy — would learn about his older brother’s death via the released information.
‘It will be very difficult for him to process,’ she claimed.
‘Knowing that intensely devastating personal information like that which various people have sought could be placed on the Internet where it will live forever, haunts me wondering whether Teddy, through his own curiosity or having it thrust upon him by another, could have to live through this horror on his own at some uncertain future date,’ Kiser added.
The social media star did receive temporary relief from the court, which initially agreed to keep the materials shielded, but the deadline has passed and they have since been made public.
Kiser’s husband Brady told authorities that he had been at home at the time watching both Trigg and Theodore, who was two months old at the time.
Brady — who will not be charged in his son’s tragic death — said he lost track of his elder son for around three to five minutes, according to a police report.
But the Chandler Police Department said in its report that video evidence from the home made it clear that Trigg had actually been in the backyard unsupervised for more than nine minutes.
Police said the child had been in the water for about seven of those minutes.
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