Tay-K’s sister, Kayla Beverly, took the stand in a San Antonio courtroom ahead of the rapper’s sentencing in his second murder trial, delivering a harrowing account of the abuse they endured as children.
Many believe the defense called Kayla in an effort to sway the jury toward leniency after Tay-K — real name Taymor McIntyre — was convicted of the 2017 murder of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Saldivar.
Kayla testified that she and Tay-K were removed from their mother’s care by Child Protective Services when they were just 5 and 7 years old. After a period in foster care in Las Vegas, the siblings were placed in the custody of their father — a man Kayla says used brutal and escalating physical punishment as a form of discipline.
“His punishments were too extreme. If we got bad grades, we’d get punished. The whippings got worse and worse," she said. "Eventually, it wasn’t a belt anymore — it was a 2x4 piece of lumber. We’d get hit a certain number of times, and then we had to lay there and couldn’t move.”
She continued, detailing the trauma her younger brother endured: “There were times Taymor would cry, and they’d think he was being dramatic. So they’d tie him down to an ironing board, strap him down… stuff like that.”
Despite the emotional testimony, Tay-K was sentenced to 80 years in prison for Saldivar’s murder. He is already serving a 55-year sentence for the 2016 killing of Ethan Walker during a botched home invasion.
The sentences will run concurrently, meaning Tay-K will serve a total of 80 years. He has been credited with 2,077 days of time already served.
Source: Dallas Observer
