Simone Biles Breaks Her Silence About Brother Being Arrested For Triple Murder

September 3. 2019

Tevin Biles-Thomas and Simone Biles

U.S. gymnast and gold medalist, Simone Biles, has broken her silence about her brother’s arrest for a triple homicide that occurred in Cleveland, Ohio on New’s Years Eve of last year. 24-year-old Tevin Biles-Thomas was arrested last week for the triple slaying, where he gunned down three uninvited guests at a house party, after a fight broke out. Several others who attended the party were shot by Biles-Thomas as well.

Simone Biles' tweet on Twitter.com in 2017

Biles-Thomas was detained in Georgia at the U.S. army base, Fort Greene, where he was on active duty as a soldier. Biles-Thomas has been charged in Ohio with murder, voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault, and perjury, in connection with the mass shooting.

Simone Biles' tweet this week on Twitter.com

While some people have been supportive, others have been sending Simone very abusive messages on social networking over charges against her brother, which she is not involved in. Simone has broken her silence about the case, "My heart aches for everyone involved, especially for the victims and their families. There is nothing that I can say that will heal anyone's pain, but I do want to express my sincere condolences to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy..."

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"My heart aches": Simone Biles breaks silence following brother's arrest

September 3, 2019 / 3:04 PM / CBS News - U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles said Monday that she's "having a hard time processing" the news of her brother's arrest on triple homicide charges. Police said last week that Tevin Biles-Thomas was arrested for a shooting at a house party last New Year's Eve that killed three people and wounded several others.

"My heart aches for everyone involved, especially for the victims and their families," Biles tweeted Monday night. "There is nothing that I can say that will heal anyone's pain, but I do want to express my sincere condolences to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy." Biles also asked her followers to respect her family's privacy "as we deal with our pain."...