Police bodycam footage captured the second Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton was arrested for driving beneath the affect.
The 33-minute video, shared through YouTube by Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday, July 8, reveals Retton, 57, talking with authorities on Could 17, who performed a steadiness check with the athlete earlier than offering her with the oxygen she requires resulting from lung injury from pneumonia in 2023.
The footage then reveals Retton being cuffed by police and escorted right into a police automobile earlier than being transported to a West Virginia police station for additional examination.
In an announcement supplied to Us Weekly by Retton following her DUI cost, the gymnast mentioned she took “full accountability” for her actions. “What occurred was utterly unacceptable,” she advised Us through the assertion despatched over on June 10. “I make no excuses. To my household, associates and my followers: I've allow you to down, and for that I'm deeply sorry.”
The bodycam footage additionally confirmed Retton, who acquired a $100 nice in mild of the incident and in addition posted a private recognizance bond of $1,500 that the court docket issued on the day of her arrest, rising more and more distressed whereas seated throughout the police division's workplace.
“You're in your oxygen on a regular basis,” a police officer is heard telling Retton, who responds, “I'm 24/7.” When the officer then means that she refills her oxygen on the hospital, Retton responds with, “No, f*** that. You're horrible. I'll die right here.”
Retton is then seen deeply respiration and teary as she struggles to absorb sufficient air as authorities radio each other to gather extra oxygen. She then refuses to take a check to find out her blood alcohol degree.
Throughout Retton's assertion to Us following the arrest, she added that she was “decided to develop” from the ordeal. “I'm dedicated to creating constructive adjustments in my life. I actually recognize your concern, encouragement and continued help,” she wrote on the time.
New claims surrounding the arrest of Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton have been revealed. In a Tuesday, Could 27, report from the Related Press, West Virginia's Fairmont Police division allegedly claimed Retton, 57, “smelled of alcohol and was slurring her phrases,” following the failure of a subject sobriety check performed by officers on the scene. […]
Retton turned a family sporting title by means of her time on the 1984 Summer time Olympics when she turned the primary American girl to win gold within the particular person all-around competitors in gymnastics.
She skilled a major well being battle in October 2023, spending two weeks within the ICU whereas battling a uncommon type of pneumonia.
Retton advised Leisure Tonight in Could 2024 that her restoration will stay ongoing. “It's a really lengthy restoration, I'm nonetheless on oxygen, and I had a little bit of a relapse some time in the past, however I'm again and controlled,” Retton advised the outlet on the time. “It's simply extra discouragement than something as a result of, you already know, persistence isn't one among my robust ability units. I'm bored with this factor up my nostril.”
