Emilie Kiser speaks out for first time in emotional statement about son Trigg’s drowning

Emilie Kiser’s declaration about her three-year-old son Trigg’s tragic drowning has been made public, and this is the first time we’ve seen a statement from her.

In the legal documents obtained by PEOPLE, the influencer has spoken about the incident in detail and emotionally asked the Arizona Superior Court for privacy as it got turned into a media frenzy.

She called her son’s drowning the “most severe and emotional event I have ever experienced” and said her and Brady were “deeply concerned about the release of specific information and our ability to even start to heal”.

“I was not home when this happened. I will forever second guess that decision, among many others,” Emilie Kiser said.

“Our love for our children has been shared and expressed worldwide, given my role as a social media personality with many ‘followers’ across a number of social media platforms. Nothing we have shared as part of my profession has depicted or been intended to depict anything but deep and adoring love within our Family. That is how it should stay forever in my mind and the minds of all others.

“The story of Trigg’s tragic death has been all over the news, social media and online. I am now aware that Trigg’s death was announced on social media less than two hours after he passed.

“Media has come to my front door asking for comment. Unknown people have come to my home and asked to ‘pray over the house.’ Cars have parked outside of my house and driven back and forth with cameras out their window waiting for ‘views.’ And random packages are being delivered from people whom I do not know.”

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She feared that if details on Trigg’s death were made public, her other son Theodore would one day find them and it would be “difficult” for him to process. Emilie also thought people might have “sick motives”.

“Knowing that intensely devastating personal information like that which various people have sought could be placed on the internet where it will live forever, haunts me wondering whether Teddy, through his own curiosity or having it thrust upon him by another, could have to live through this horror on his own at some uncertain future date,” she concluded.

Despite Emilie asking for privacy in two lawsuits, the full police report has now been publicly released. She won a legal battle to have two pages redacted, which contain “critical context” about the incident.

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