BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – A Netflix series that tells the story of a Baton Rouge teen who killed his abusive father is set to release next month.
The series, titled I Just Killed my Dad, will be available on August 9, 2022.
In a description posted online, Netflix said: “Anthony Templet shot his father and never denied it. But why he did it is a complex question with profound implications that go far beyond one family.”
Anthony Templet, the victim of years of physical and emotional abuse by his father, did not plead negligent homicide for the death of his father, Burt Templet, in 2019.
He was sentenced to five years of supervised probation.
The documentary crew for the Netflix series spent several weeks in Baton Rouge following legal proceedings and interviewing key players in the case.
Templet, 17 at the time, shot his father after an argument between the two over Anthony’s cell phone turned physical. Burt tried to search Anthony’s phone to see if he was in contact with Burt’s ex-wife, Susan Templet. Anthony said his father was drunk and tried to hit him, but he was able to escape and ran to his father’s room where he locked the door and grabbed a gun.
Anthony described what happened in his 911 call shortly after the shooting.
“He tried to attack me,” Anthony told the 911 operator. “Then we got into a fistfight. Then I ran into his room, closed the door and grabbed a gun. When I opened the door he tried {inaudibly} and then I shot him.”
In the recording, Anthony said he tried to shoot his father in the head, but did not know if he had been killed. He said he fired three shots and that he knew he hit Burt at least once because there was blood on the floor.
Anthony was initially charged with second-degree murder, but that charge was later reduced to manslaughter. Templet’s family said the teen acted in self-defense and was regularly abused by his father for years. The prosecutor confirmed those details on the file and said Anthony had been isolated by his father. Burt also denied Anthony an education. Templet told the judge he never had any formal education and couldn’t say what the last grade he got was.
Court documents indicated that Burt had a violent past. Susan Templet filed for a protective order in Livingston Parish against her ex-husband several months before the shooting. On the file, she claimed he was physically abusive and told of an incident where he knocked out one of her teeth.
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