India, June 13 -- Popular Twitch streamer BruceDropEmOff has triggered backlash online after publicly supporting Karmelo Anthony following the teenager's sentencing in the fatal stabbing case involving Texas student Austin Metcalf.

Anthony, now 19, was sentenced to 35 years in prison on June 9 after being convicted over the April 2025 killing of Metcalf during a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas. Both teenagers were 17 at the time of the incident.

Shortly after the sentencing, BruceDropEmOff, whose real name is Bruce Ray Condones, posted messages on X defending Anthony and criticising the criminal justice system.

"I stand with Karmelo Anthony," the streamer wrote, adding: "Don't let them break you bro. #FREEHIM."

The posts sprea...