Star athlete who slashed girlfriend and then himself still bears the scars in court as hes sentenced to life in prison

The former star athlete who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her mother in a frenzied parking lot attack in Florida last summer — before slashing his own throat — still had the scars of his suicide attempt as he appeared in court for his sentencing.Spencer Ross Pearson, 20, was handed a life sentence on Friday after he pleaded guilty to attempted murder and aggravated battery charges in July.His family blamed head trauma he sustained as a high school football star for the attack.

Pearson was in arrested in June 2023 after stabbing his ex-girlfriend Madison Schemitz, then 17, and her mother, Jaclyn Roge, as well as a bystander who tried to intervene outside a Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant.The then-18-year-old had been stalking Schemitz.She was left paralyzed from the chest down in the attack, The Florida Times-Union reported.

Surveillance video of the attack shows the mother and daughter trying to leave the restaurant as Pearson follows them, eventually rushing toward Schemitz and stabbing her 15 times.Roge tried to fight off her daughter’s attacker, and was stabbed in the forehead and leg.

A bystander who intervened was also slashed but was able to stop the onslaught.Pearson then slit his neck before he was taken into custody.Both Schemitz and Pearson, as well as both of their parents, testified during the emotionally charged sentencing.

During her testimony, Schemitz said she had been thinking about this moment ever since the horrifying attack.“June 3rd, 2023, was without a doubt the absolute worst, most traumatic day of my life.

And I remember every single second of it,” she read.Schemitz later added: “Your honor, a 17-year-old girl should not have to know the feeling of getting stabbed.

Your honor, I should not have to remember the feeling of my body being inflicted with the knife over and over again.… I remember the moment I realized I was paralyzed.

I remember struggling to breathe and formulate words.”Pearson also took the stand to apologiz...