Michelle Graves says she’s carried grief and a thirst for justice with her for almost six years while speaking out about what happened to her friend Tamla Horsford at a birthday party in November 2018.
“The balcony had nothing to do with her death,” Graves told Channel 2 Investigative Reporter Ashli Lincoln .
Tamla Horsford died after attending an adults-only slumber party at a north Forsyth County home in Nov. 2018.
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A sheriff’s office investigation concluded she was drunk and had drugs in her system and that she accidentally fell off a deck to her death.
Close friend Michelle Graves has been outspoken in her belief Horsford’s death was no accident, citing an independent medical examiner’s report that found extensive injuries to her body.
Her death sparked outrage on social media, with people posting #TamlaHorsford and #JusticeForTamlaHorsford.
Several of the party guests filed a defamation lawsuit against Graves, arguing she is wrongly accusing them of a crime.