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Created Jun 20, 2025 by Milagros Belbin@milagros46b055Maintainer

US Gymnast Mary Lou Retton's Family Issue Worrying Update After Arrest


US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has sparked worries for her security after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has actually found out.

Concerned member of the family in the small town of Fairmont exposed they have not seen or spoken with the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - considering that her arrest in her hometown on May 17.

The lack of communication is nothing new for the previous professional athlete, according to family members, who say Retton had not even notified her household that she remained in town before her embarrassing encounter with police.

Recently, the Daily Mail exclusively exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw top' bottle of wine in the passenger seat while she was behind the wheel of her Porsche.

She had actually pulled over at an AutoZone in Fairmont after being seen 'driving all over the highway'.

Officers noted 'the smell of alcohol' discharging from her while she was in the driver's seat of the automobile while it was still running, according to court records.

She failed all 3 stages of the standard field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs'.

A within source said in the wake of her arrest: 'Her family had no idea she was here at all, they discovered the arrest when everybody else did.

Mary Lou Retton has actually sparked fears for her safety as relative say she has actually 'disappeared' since her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

Retton was the first American woman to win an Olympic individual well-rounded gold when she edged out Szabo (left) at only 16 years of ages at the 1984 video games

'They do not really talk much, she moved away. She never called them to tell them that she was coming back, they just discovered out after the arrest.

'That's households for you, it's not her best decision. Families resemble that, there wasn't a falling out - they just haven't spoken in a while'.

Now it appears Retton has gone entirely to ground, with no indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her primary residence, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.

Exclusive Daily Mail images reveal her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with plans and leaflets cluttering the patio.

Neighbors say they have not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the previous two weeks, including that Retton mainly keeps to herself in the gated compound.

After Daily Mail reached out to her children on Thursday, her lawyer Edmund J. Rollo provided a declaration on Tuesday, saying the star was in 'great spirits.'

'She is very pleased of all of the assistance she has actually received,' he added. 'Mary Lou will issue a declaration at the suitable time. Until then, please respect her privacy.'

The retired Olympian has actually spent much of her life in between West Virginia and Texas, where she has actually been based considering that 2012.

She was married to Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate developer Shannon Kelly, with whom she shares daughters Shayla, 30, McKenna, 28, Skyla, 24, and Emma, 23, from 1990 to 2018.

According to social media, Retton and her 4 daughters have a really close relationship, though she has actually not appeared in her children's Instagram posts in a minimum of 6 months.

Retton, who has four children, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has actually not been seen or spoken with by her relatives in her hometown in West Virginia because her arrest on May 17, insiders told DailyMail.com

Retton spoke publicly about her terrifying health battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with a rare type of pneumonia

Now it appears Retton has gone entirely to ground, without any sign of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and main house in Texas (imagined) last Thursday

And while her family members in West Virginia have actually shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's children have remained tight lipped over the event, decreasing to speak with the Daily Mail.

But they have been posting cryptic inspiring religious posts describing life and errors as 'God's will' on their social networks.

Her youngest child Emma, is set to get married later on this month in Dallas, though it's uncertain if the gymnastics legend will attend.

Relative are supposedly worried about the arrest, though were 'unaware' of any reason or problems regarding why Retton might have driven the 1,500 mile cross nation trip from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older bro Donnie, 59, died in December of in 2015, with an obituary stating there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.

Court records reveal that an attorney representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to submit a movement for discovery.

Officers kept in mind throughout her arrest that she had a 'screw leading container of wine' that was in the traveler seat of her car when they approached her.

She failed all three stages of the basic field sobriety test, and declined a roadside preliminary breath test, in addition to a secondary chemical test of her blood.

Olympic heroine Mary Lou Retton's shocking downfall revealed in damning complete police report

Retton was charged in Marion County for 'driving under impact of alcohol, managed substances, or drugs,' according to the West Virginia Magistrate Court system.

She was launched after personally posting a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to attend to the arrest.

An attorney representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not right away react to an ask for comment by the Daily Mail.

Best known for getting two best 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually fought more health problems over the last few years.

The decorated gymnast fought with pneumonia in 2023, which led her child to produce a crowdfunding page to help pay installing hospital costs, raising $200,000 in simply a day.

But the household soon drew criticism after declining to clarify where the contributions would be going, while Retton's claim to not have insurance coverage was also doubted by some.

'They didn't deserve that,' Retton stated in May when inquired about the reaction her daughters received.
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'They were simply trying to take care of me. I do not care about the naysayers. There are giants everywhere. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got a viewpoint, but it is what it is.'

While there was a happy ending for Retton in 2023, medical professionals quickly feared for her life as her daughters provided what they thought would be their final farewell to their mom.

Retton's child, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was found out and about in Texas, but declined to discuss her mom's arrest or whereabouts

Retton positioning with her child McKenna Kelley at the NCAA championships in 2019. The former gymnast was 'slurring her words' when she pulled over into an AutoZone in Fairmont, West Virginia

Retton married Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate developer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They divorced in 2018

Even now, Retton fears she will never effectively recover from the damage to her lungs.

'It's been really hard,' she stated in a psychological interview with People in 2024. 'My lungs are so scarred. It will be a lifetime of healing.

'My physicality was the only thing I had and it was taken away from me. It's embarrassing.'

Retton believes she recuperated from the frightening ordeal as 'God wasn't prepared' for her yet, despite admitting that she is incredibly lucky to still live.

'Girl, I must be dead,' she added. 'The doctors informed them [daughters] to come to say their farewells.

'They hoped over me, and McKenna stated, 'Mommy, it's OK, you can go.'

'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mom, but I can't envision what that resembled, to watch their mama on her deathbed.'

Her heath concerns come after DailyMail.com exposed that she was also anticipated to collect around $2million more in settlement after a legal spat with the producer of her two metal hip replacements.

Mary Lou Retton became the very first American lady to win a private all-around gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left combating for her life in health center with a rare type of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her daughters established a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations

Last year, the mom-of-four drew criticism after claiming to have no health insurance coverage and requesting for financial support from the general public when she was struck down with a rare form of pneumonia, regardless of having gotten a $2million settlement from her divorce

The revelations cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no medical insurance when she was struck down with an uncommon type of pneumonia and why her household turned to pleading for cash online to bail her out.
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Court documents filed in Houston that showed she had a little fortune following her divorce from Shannon Kelley.

The residential or commercial property division accepted by the court showed that Retton received cash and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley divided their properties down the middle after 28 years of marital relationship.

Not consisted of in that figure were the profits from the sale of two homes, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which again were to be divided 50/50.

Nor were the proceeds from a suit in which she sued Indiana-based medical business Biomet Recovery over 2 hip replacements that failed.

It is not understood just how much she got however others who sued the company in similar circumstances navigated $2million each.

Retton discovered instantaneous fame as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles games.

She ended up being the very first American lady to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.

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