Little league softball game descends into chaos as coach goes ballistic on opposing team in viral video
An unruly catfight at a youth softball game has gone viral after a coach was accused of instigating the fight.
Meredith Haskew Grant, the coach of the Little League softball team in Georgia, was arrested for allegedly assaulting the opposing team’s coach.
Grant claimed that players on the other team were making fun of his daughter, which drove her crazy.
Video of the fight exploded on social media on Saturday, showing an enraged Grant attacking another coach after high-fiving elementary school children.
Grant is seen taking him down and the two begin wrestling on the floor. Other adults stand there stunned as the girls flee to the shelters.
In two notes, a rock rendition of Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” could be heard booming from the speakers.
The women broke free of each other’s grasp, and after their fight appeared to be over, Grant returned for more.
Unruly catfight at youth softball game in Georgia goes viral
Meredith Haskew Grant, coach of the 8U softball team in Georgia, was arrested for allegedly assaulting the opposing team’s coach.
The coach grabs the other woman by her shirt and pulls her hair, and they both fall to the ground.
Grant then gets on top of the other coach and throws punches as the other adults rush to break up the fight.
Amidst the screams and chaos, other parents can be heard shouting at the girls to “get into the shelter.”
Another terrified adult was heard shouting: ‘Get those bastards out of here.’
According to an arrest report obtained by News Channel 9, Grant told police he ‘got in the face’ of one of the opposing coaches as the teams lined up for postgame high-fives.
Despite his account, police reviewed the video and said Grant was the aggressor, adding that he had pushed the opposing coach.
Another trainer tried to intervene and break up the fight, but he said he was ‘pushed’ by Grant, according to the report.
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As the coach grabs the other woman by her shirt and pulls her hair, they both fall to the ground.
Amidst the screams and chaos, other parents can be heard shouting at the girls to ‘get in the shelter’
Grant faced misdemeanor charges and has since been released from jail
The bully coach grabbed the woman by the hair and she ‘pulled her to the ground and punched her in the face,’ according to the report.
The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office arrested Grant that day and slapped him with a misdemeanor charge.
He has since been released from prison, and United States Fastpitch Association state director Jeff Britt has banned him from coaching in all future tournaments.
