U.S. track and field Olympian Sha’Carri Richardson, who won gold at the 2024 Paris summer games, was arrested and charged with excessive speeding in Florida.
According to booking records, the 25-year-old was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail in Orlando on Jan. 29 on a misdemeanor charge of dangerous excessive speeding of 100 mph or more.
A spokesperson for the Orange County sheriff’s department said Richardson was “dangerously tailgating and traveling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists” while traveling at speeds of 104 mph.
Bond for Richardson was set at $500 and she has since been released from custody.
Her boyfriend and fellow Olympian sprinter, Christian Coleman, was also arrested during that same traffic stop for two misdemeanor charges of resisting an officer without violence and possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Epoch Times reached out to the Orange Country Sheriff’s Office for further information on the matter but did not hear back by the time of publication.
Last year, Richardson was arrested on a fourth-degree domestic violence charge for allegedly assaulting Coleman at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
According to a police report at the time, an officer at the airport was notified by a Transportation Security Administration supervisor of a disturbance between the two.
In reviewing security footage, Richardson appeared to throw an item at Coleman, yank at his backpack, and shove him into a wall when he attempted to remove himself from the situation.
“I was told Coleman did not want to participate any further in the investigation and declined to be a victim,” read a statement from a police officer on scene.
In response to the incident, Richardson posted a public apology to Coleman on social media where she expressed her love for him and indicated that her apology “should be just as loud” as her “actions.”
At the 2024 Olympics, Richardson earned a silver medal in the 100-meter dash and gold medal in the women’s 4×100 relay. She was initially disqualified from the 2020 games in Tokyo after testing positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana.
As a result, Richardson did not compete in the 100-meter race and accepted a 30-day suspension from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for the violation.
“I was definitely triggered and blinded by emotions, blinded by badness, and hurting, and hiding hurt,” she told NBC, noting she smoked marijuana as a way of coping over her mother’s death.
“I know I can’t hide myself, so in some type of way, I was trying to hide my pain.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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