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5 days ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
US Olympic gymnastics star arrested for drink driving
Legendary US Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is facing charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after being arrested in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat. Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $US1500 personal recognisance bond. Retton, 57, shot to global fame after becoming the first American woman to win the all-around gold for gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. At just 16, she also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2023, Retton's family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low. Legendary US Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is facing charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after being arrested in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat. Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $US1500 personal recognisance bond. Retton, 57, shot to global fame after becoming the first American woman to win the all-around gold for gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. At just 16, she also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2023, Retton's family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low. Legendary US Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is facing charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after being arrested in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat. Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $US1500 personal recognisance bond. Retton, 57, shot to global fame after becoming the first American woman to win the all-around gold for gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. At just 16, she also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2023, Retton's family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low. Legendary US Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is facing charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after being arrested in her West Virginia hometown. Fairmont police stopped Retton on May 17 following a report about a person in a Porsche driving erratically. According to the criminal complaint, Retton smelled of alcohol and was slurring her words, and she failed a field sobriety test. Officers also reported observing a container of wine in the passenger seat. Retton, 57, refused a roadside breath test and a blood test. She was released from custody after paying a $US1500 personal recognisance bond. Retton, 57, shot to global fame after becoming the first American woman to win the all-around gold for gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. At just 16, she also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. In 2023, Retton's family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that landed her in intensive care. Doctors found her oxygen levels dangerously low.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Olympic champion Mary Lou Retton arrested for DUI in West Virginia
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton was arrested for DUI earlier this month, according to records on the West Virginia Judiciary website. The 57-year-old was charged with 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs' after her arrest on 17 May in Marion county, West Virginia, according to the records. She was released after posting a $1,500 bond. Advertisement Related: Mary Lou Retton says she 'faced death in the eyes' in battle with pneumonia Retton became a household name in the US after she won five medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, including a gold in the all-around competition – the first individual Olympic gymnastics medal ever won by an American – scoring a perfect 10 on the vault in the final rotation. The West Virginia native's performance landed her on the front of Wheaties boxes and keyed the sport's explosion in popularity in the United States. After her gymnastics career, Retton remained active in the media, appearing in a number of films and TV shows. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997 and was the first woman to be selected into the Houston Sports Hall of Fame in 2020. Retton also served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under US president George W Bush. In 2023, she fell seriously ill with pneumonia and was in ICU for a number of weeks. At the time her daughter Kelley said her mother was 'fighting for her life' and started a fundraiser to cover medical costs for Retton, who did not have medical insurance. Donations to the fundraiser ended up totaling nearly $500,000. Retton recovered but said she had 'faced death in the eyes' during her illness.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Olympic Star Mary Lou Retton Arrested on DUI Charge
U.S. Olympic gold medallist Mary Lou Retton was arrested on a DUI charge in Marion County, West Virginia. Retton, 57, was arrested on Saturday, May 17, on one count of 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs; penalties,' records obtained by the New York Post on Monday show. She paid a $1,500 bond the same day. Retton is yet to publicly comment on the arrest. The Daily Beast has contacted a rep for Retton for comment. Retton became the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal in Olympic gymnastics at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. She won five medals during that Olympics and was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997. The gymnast appeared on the 2018 season of Dancing With the Stars, where she finished ninth. She last made headlines in 2023 when she was hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia. Her daughter, McKenna Kelley, wrote on Instagram at the time, 'My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life. She is not able to breathe on her own. She's been in the ICU for over a week now. Out of respect for her and her privacy, I will not disclose all details. However, I will disclose that she is not insured.' The Olympian said COVID-19, a divorce, and a string of operations had drained her funds. 'That's the bottom line, I couldn't afford it,' she said. Her family started a crowdfunding campaign that raised $200,000 in a single day. During an interview with Today she admitted, 'I am so grateful to be here. I am blessed to be here, because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support.' The Olympian spent a month in hospital after being discovered on the floor of her home by a neighbor. 'My lungs were completely white in the X-Rays,' Retton said. Her medical team told her family to prepare for the worst. 'They were saying their goodbyes to me. I can't even...' Retton said. In October that year, Retton returned home and issued a statement on her recovery. 'I'm with family continuing to slowly recover and staying very positive as I know this recovery is a long and slow process. When the time is right, I will be sharing more information about my health issues.' USA Today reported Retton's crowdfunding campaign had raised $459,234, but the Olympian would not comment on how much of the donations went to her health care.
International Business Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- International Business Times
Mary Lou Retton: Former Gymnast and US Olympic Legend Who Won Five Medals in 1984 Games Arrested for DUI in West Virginia
Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was arrested earlier this month for DUI in West Virginia. According to online records from the West Virginia Magistrate Court system, the 57-year-old former gymnast was arrested in Marion County on May 17 for "driving influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs." Retton is facing a misdemeanor DUI charge and was released after posting a $1,500 bond on the same day. Reports of her arrest began surfacing on Monday. She made headlines in 2023 after her daughters revealed that Retton was struggling with a rare type of pneumonia, which left the Olympic legend in critical condition in a hospital ICU, fighting for her life. Making the Wrong Move Retton's family launched a fundraising campaign on a crowdfunding platform, collecting $200,000 within just one day. "My amazing mom, Mary Lou, has a very rare form of pneumonia and is fighting for her life. She is not able to breathe on her own. She's been in the ICU for over a week now. Out of respect for her and her privacy, I will not disclose all details. However, I will disclose that she not insured," said Kelley. Retton was later discharged from the hospital, and during a January 2024 interview on "Today," she spoke candidly about her health battle. "I am so grateful to be here. I am blessed to be here, because there was a time when they were about to put me on life support," she said in the interview. Retton shot to fame in the 1980s when she won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. A Legend for Gymnasts During the games, she won a total of five medals, including the gold in the all-around event, making her the first American woman to achieve this feat. In addition to her gold medal, Retton won two silver and two bronze medals in 1984. The same year, Sports Illustrated honored her as the Sportsperson of the Year for her outstanding Olympic performance. She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1997 and also appeared in various movies and television shows, such as a 1993 episode of "Baywatch" and the 1994 movie "Naked Gun 33 ¹/₃: The Final Insult."
