New details have emerged about an Olympic hopeful from Colorado who allegedly stabbed an Uber driver to death inside his car, including how she claims he attempted to reach back and assault her despite being partially paralyzed — which prompted her to plunge a kitchen knife into him 60 times, prosecutors say.
Khayla Dawson, 27, of Colorado Springs, claims she was going for a “joy ride” when she scheduled an Uber pickup with 38-year-old victim Jeremy Campbell on Oct. 26, according to an arrest affidavit filed by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and obtained by Law&Crime.
Dawson — who competed at the 2024 USA Olympic Trials in Oregon in the shot put, according to local ABC affiliate KRDO — alleges that she fell asleep in Campbell’s 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe and woke up to him trying to “sexually assault her.” She claims to have “defended herself by stabbing him” after a tussle ensued, according to the affidavit…