Emily Kiser Wasn't Present When Son Trigg Drowned: Report
A major update on influencer Emily Kiser has emerged in the wake of her son's drowning death.
What exactly happened in the moments before Trigg Kiser died has not been detailed publicly, and Kiser is trying to keep it that way in court.
However, People magazine has now revealed that Kiser was not home when her son drowned.
That's a major new detail.
On June 5, a source told People that "Kiser was not home at the time of Trigg’s drowning." It's not clear who was watching the boy.
The Maricopa County Medical Examiner's office confirmed Trigg's death, saying it occurred on May 18, 2025.
Emilie Kiser has 3.4 million followers on TikTok. Her page is heavily focused on her family and two kids.
The public information officer for Chandler, AZ, police told USA Today that Trigg Kiser died "after being pulled from a backyard pool days earlier."
The police told USA Today they "responded to a drowning call at a home on Ashley Drive in Chandler, Arizona, around 7 p.m. local time for a child who had been pulled unconscious out of a backyard pool." That incident occurred on May 12.
According to People, Kiser has filed a lawsuit seeking to keep records and videos sealed in the case, and she filed a declaration that outlined her "grief and trauma."
Her lawyer wrote in a filing that Kiser and her family "desperately want to grieve in private, but sadly, the public will not let them." The source told People that Kiser wants a court to keep the records sealed so she does not have to "relive the aftermath through viral" videos.
A source told Us Weekly that Kiser's quest for privacy is because she wants to keep the “most traumatic moment of her life” from public view.
She has won at least a temporary reprieve. A judge granted her "temporary confidentiality on her request for privacy," Us Weekly reported, “until a determination is made that balances the public’s need for information vs privacy interests.”
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