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NEED TO KNOW
- Mary Lou Retton was allegedly in possession of a wine bottle when she was pulled over for an alleged DUI earlier this month
- The previous Olympic gymnast was arrested in West Virginia on Might 17 for allegedly “driving drunk, managed substances, or medicine; penalties”
- She bonded out later that day
Mary Lou Retton allegedly had a bottle of wine in her passenger seat when she was pulled over by police and subsequently charged with a DUI earlier this month, per a legal criticism cited by the Associated Press.
On Might 17, police in West Virginia responded to an incident involving the retired Olympic gymnast, 57, after receiving stories of a Porsche with a Texas license plate driving “all around the roadway,” close to downtown Fairmont, WDTV reported Monday, Might 26, citing courtroom paperwork.
Retton was present in her automobile in a Marion County AutoZone car parking zone with a screw-top bottle of wine in her passenger seat when officers approached her, in accordance with the information station, citing courtroom paperwork.
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Police additionally claimed the sports activities star slurred her phrases as she spoke to them and was issued three customary area sobriety assessments, which detected she was impaired, WDTV reported.
Retton refused to have her blood examined for alcohol, per the AP.
She was arrested that same day on one rely of “driving drunk, managed substances, or medicine; penalties.”
Retton was issued a private recognizance bond of $1,500, which she posted that very same day.
PEOPLE didn’t instantly obtain a response from Retton’s representatives.
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The West Virginia native made historical past at simply 16 years previous when she made historical past on the 1984 Summer time Olympics in Los Angeles by changing into the primary American feminine gymnast to win a person all-around gold medal.
She shares four daughters — Shayla, McKenna, Skyla and Emma — together with her ex-husband, Shannon Kelley.
“I put my 4 daughters right into a sport that I really like. It’s woven into each material of my being. We’re a gymnastics family,” the Dancing with the Stars alum instructed Today in 2019. “Three caught with it, one was a cheerleader. Her path was completely different than mine, and I’m so pleased with all the things.”
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In October 2023, McKenna, now 28, revealed that Retton was hospitalized and in the ICU with a rare form of pneumonia.
“My superb mother, Mary Lou, has a really uncommon type of pneumonia and is preventing for her life. She isn’t capable of breathe on her personal. She’s been within the ICU for over every week now. Out of respect for her and her privateness, I can’t disclose all particulars. Nevertheless, I’ll disclose that she not insured,” she mentioned, whereas additionally linking a Spotfund page for assist.
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Retton instructed PEOPLE in July 2024 that she pulled by as a result of “God wasn’t prepared for me but,” although she felt her life would “by no means be the identical” once more, as she mentioned she nonetheless relied on each day oxygen.
“It’s been actually laborious. My lungs are so scarred. It is going to be a lifetime of restoration. My physicality was the one factor I had and it was taken away from me. It’s embarrassing,” she mentioned.
In the event you or somebody you already know is fighting substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.