The Breakfast Club - Nolan Wells, The Anthony Appeal, and Big Tigger's Wife

Episode Date: July 8, 2026

An eighteen-year-old football player from Mississippi, Nolan Xavier Wells, has been found dead after going missing on a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island. His family has hired Attorney Ben Crump. Karmelo Anthony's new legal team has filed an appeal and is asking Judge John Roach to be removed from the case over the interviews he has given since the verdict. And Big Tigger's estranged wife Alicia Brown has been arrested in Georgia on kidnapping-related warrants tied to a 2019 case in Maryland. From the Black Effect Podcast Network.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. An 18-year-old is dead in Mississippi after going missing on a Fourth of July boat trip. We're still waiting for 100% confirmation. Carmelo Anthony's new attorneys have filed an appeal and they're asking the judge in the case to be removed. And I know I made people mad, but I'm not here to make them happy either. And Big Tigger's estranged wife has been arrested in Georgia on kidnapping-related warrants. It's Wednesday, July 8th.

From the Black Effect Podcast Network, I'm Mimi Brown. This is Front Page, and here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. An 18-year-old from Mississippi has been found dead days after going missing on a 4th of July boat trip. His name was Nolan Xavier Wells, a former multi-sport athlete out of Ocean Springs High School, and a college football player at Southwest Mississippi Community College. Nolan is black and on 4th of July he went out with a group of friends on a boat, all who were white. They went to Horn Island, a barrier island about 10 miles off the Gulf coast.

His friends came back, but Nolan did not. And according to the Jackson County Sheriff, his friend said Nolan chose to stay on the island. His mother reported him missing over the weekend. A search was launched by the Sheriff Department, the Coast Guard, the Department of Marine Resources, and the Gulf Island National Seashore. A body was recovered Monday morning near Horned Island. Authorities say they suspect Nolan drowned, but they are still investigating. The sheriff says there is no evidence of foul play.

Number one, give the family space and time. They are still processing this tragic event and all of Nolan's close friends. And we're still waiting for 100% confirmation. I'll assure you that the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, we're looking at this whole case just like we would, and we're going to be as thorough as we'd. can. The family is not accepting that answer and have hired several rights attorney Ben Crump. Crump is now demanding a full transparent investigation. Authorities are also now investigating a viral video that

appears to show an argument on Horn Island the day Nolan went missing. We'll continue to watch this case. And there are new developments unfolding in the Carmelo Anthony case. His new legal team has officially filed an appeal. They are asked. asking the judge, John Roach, he's the judge who presided over the trial to step down. Anthony was convicted last month of the murder of Austin Metcalf. He was sentenced to 35 years. The new attorneys, a pro bono team of six that include former Dallas County prosecutor, Russell Wilson, Texas NAACP President Gary Bledslow, and Brooke Cluce of Ben Crump Law, they filed two things on Tuesday. One, the appeal. The team argues the court restricted the public's actions.

in a way that violated Carmelo's rights. That unwritten agreement about character evidence was broken by prosecutors and that the judge only gave the defense 10 minutes to counsel a 19-year-old on whether to take the stand in his own defense. Two, a request to have the judge removed altogether. The reason, the interviews that Judge Roach has done since the verdict. The judge sat down with WFAA. He talked to Fox News. He wrote a signed letter to the quote, Colin County family. Now, in those interviews, the judge called Carmelo Anthony, quote, a nice young man. He said the jury got it right, and he defended the all-non-black jury. He called the work on the trial one of the greatest honors of his judicial career.

And I know I made people mad, but I'm not here to make them happy either. You denied, not denied the defense and dismissing of three jurors who at least identified as African-American on their bioforms. What did you make of that moment? I'm sorry, the defense raised an objection. They raised an objection. Yeah. They raised an objection. Like I told you before, as long as I follow the law, I sleep well at night.

And I'm telling you, I follow the law in that case. Did I know what the perception was going to be? Sure. I knew in the back of my mind what the perception was going to be. But I'm not here to satisfy perceptions. I'm not here to satisfy agendas. I'm not here to do any of those things. I'm here to follow the law.

And I did it to a T. The attorneys say all of that violence. violates the state's judicial conduct code because a judge still has the authority to grant a new trial. Meanwhile, the judge has sealed the entire court file and is only allowing Carmel's attorneys to view it in his chambers. And that's happening on one condition that they do not share what they see. The appeal, though, is now on the docket. And now to our last story of the day, Big Tigger's estranged wife has been arrested. Alicia Brown was pulled over in Georgia on Monday night.

on an outstanding kidnapping-related warrant out of the state of Maryland. According to the Hart County Sheriff Office, deputies tracked her SUV down after receiving a bolow. She was arrested during a felony traffic stop on Interstate 85 without incident. Two young children were also in the car and they were safely recovered. TMZ is reporting that one of those children is the child she shares with Big Tigger. The Maryland warrants, according to investigators, stem from the 2019 disappearance of a 10-year-old child. She is now facing a felony interference with child custody charge in Georgia, and officials say she will be extradited to Maryland. For those who missed the first chapter of this story, Big Tigger himself, whose legal name is Darian Morgan, was arrested last month in Sandy Springs, Georgia, charged with aggravated battery and third-degree cruelty to children.

Ring camera footage later surfaced appearing to show him physically confronting Alicia at their home. He was granted a temporary protective order after that arrest. Big Tigger has denied every allegation and has stepped away from his radio show. I want to say categorically, these allegations and accusations that have been circulating about me are false. Untrue, not happening, didn't happen. Now, his estranged wife is facing her own set of charges tied to a 2019 case. There's a lot more coming out of this story, and we will continue to keep you updated. But for now, that's your front page.

I'm Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought to you by the Black Effect Podcast Network. This is an I-Heart podcast, guaranteed human.