Influencer mom Emilie Kiser granted legal request to keep graphic details from late son Trigg Kiser police report concealed 

Emilie Kiser has been granted a legal request to keep the graphic details of her three-year-old son Trigg Kiser's dying moments private. Newly released police records shed light on the tragic drowning of her son, Trigg, and validate an Arizona court's decision to suppress some aspects of the official report.

This aims to preserve the child's dignity and avoid any internet exploitation of sensitive information.

Trigg Kiser's final moments

On May 12, 2025, an accident struck the Kiser family's house in Chandler, Arizona. Trigg Kiser, who was not able to swim, was playing in the backyard when he stumbled on an inflatable chair and fell into the pool. The pool cover had been removed earlier that day for recreational purposes, leaving the water completely open.

According to the Chandler Police Department, Trigg Kiser had been submerged for over seven minutes when his father, Brady Kiser, discovered him unconscious. Brady was at home, looking after Trigg Kiser and the couple's infant, Theodore. He claimed to detectives that he had lost sight of Trigg for three to five minutes, but video surveillance eventually revealed the unsupervised period lasted more than nine minutes.

Emilie Kiser was out with her friends when the incident occurred. Despite receiving immediate medical attention, Trigg Kiser died in the hospital six days later.

Legal Decisions

Two months later, in the month of July, Chandler police suggested that Brady be prosecuted with a Class 4 felony for child abuse. However, the Maricopa County Attorney's Office declined to prosecute, citing "no reasonable likelihood of conviction" based on the existing evidence.

In the meantime, the TikTok creator with 4 million followers had her legal team take measures to protect the family's privacy. They asked the court to conceal particular portions of the police report, which contained her son's final dying moments.

The court's redacting ruling

Initially, the Arizona Superior Court for Maricopa County granted temporary confidentiality to Emilie's personal statements. On August 8, the court ordered the permanent removal of two pages from the official report.

According to Emilie's attorney, Shannon Clark, the censored paragraphs omitted no data about the accident's cause or timeframe. Instead, the purpose was to "protect the dignity of a little boy whose memory should reflect the love and light he brought to the world.”

The motion also expressed worries about the possibility of internet exploitation, such as the development of "disturbing" AI-generated reenactments of sensitive information, like the Idaho college quadruple murders that went viral on TikTok.

Emilie's attorney, Shannon Clark, thanked the judge for approving the request in a statement:

“We’re grateful to Judge Whitten for carefully balancing the important interests at stake and allowing a narrow but meaningful redaction to the Chandler police report, removing two pages that detail the graphic final moments of Trigg’s life. These redactions do not alter any material facts of the accident, but they protect the dignity of a little boy whose memory should reflect the love and light he brought to the world."

She added:

"From the start, this has been about protecting Trigg and the family’s ability to grieve privately. This decision allows them, and the public, to remember him for the beautiful life he lived, not the tragic way it ended.”

The drowning and legal actions that followed have gained a lot of attention because of Emilie being a well-known content creator with 4 million followers. Everything about the incident, including the timeline, investigative findings, and prosecutorial decisions, remains public, except for the graphic details as ordered by the court.

Stay tuned to Soap Central for more information.

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