Influencer Emilie Kiser calls son’s death ‘worst moment of my life’

Influencer Emilie Kiser called the death of her 3-year-old son, Trigg, “the worst moment of my life” as she tried to stop videos of his drowning from being made public.

The 26-year-old TikTokker said the loss was “the most severe and emotional event I have ever experienced,” as she asked a judge to conceal photos and video footage of the May tragedy in her backyard pool at her home in Chandler, Arizona.

“The tragedy already haunts me, but to know that there is specific video and other footage capturing this event and its aftermath that may be released to the public crushes me beyond words,” the grieving mom wrote in newly-unsealed court documents seen by USA Today.

“Viewing or knowing others could view these images forces me to relive the worst moment of my life, exacerbating the situation and hindering my ability to heal,” she wrote.

The documents are Kiser’s first public words about the death of her son, who tripped on an inflatable chair and fell into the swimming pool while his dad, Brady, was distracted inside the house with the couple’s newborn son, Theodore.

Kiser’s declaration was part of her lawsuit filed in May, just days after Trigg’s death, which sought to conceal records about the accidental drowning.

As part of her lawsuit, Kiser granted the partial release of the police report describing her son’s death, although it omitted surveillance video and images.

Kiser, who has gone social media silent with her more than 4.1 million TikTok followers and 1.7 million Instagram followers, said that she and her husband have only ever shared “love for our children” online.

“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 in the minds of all others,” she wrote in the court documents.

Kiser’s husband, who was allegedly distracted by an NBA game he had placed a bet on at the time of Trigg’s death, was recommended for a felony child abuse charge by Chandler Police in July, although Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell subsequently announced later that same month that he wouldn’t face any charges.

Brady Kiser told police Trigg had gone outside after eating dinner, and insisted he was distracted by the couple’s newborn child when he lost sight of his firstborn son.

Trigg was outside alone for 10 minutes, and in the water for seven of those, before he was recovered, according to the police report.

He died on May 18, six days after being pulled from the water.

Attorneys for the Kiser family did not respond immediately to requests for comment.