A.J. JEWELL’S PARENTS RESPOND TO SICKLE CELL REPORTS
Oct 19th, 2009 by Bilal Ali
After reports that the blood disorder sickle cell anemia may have contributed to the beating death of A.J. Jewell, his parents released a statement attempting to set the record straight.
“Our son ‘AJ’ had the sickle cell trait which caused no related medical problems during his life,” read the statement given to TMZ.com by the family’s rep. “We feel AJ’s death was a result of the malicious attack by the individual and/or individuals present during the fight.”
TMZ is also reporting that the defense attorney for Frederick Richardson, the club manager who was charged with voluntary manslaughter of Jewell, told the Web site: “I would have liked to have found a cause of death before rushing to judgment.”