Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton gasps for oxygen as viral DUI video and mugshot spark outrage online
A new video has started going viral and has shocked many sports fans. Former Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton appears to be distressed during a police sobriety test. This tape dates from her DUI arrest in May 2025.
Although she used to be well-known for her grace in gymnastics, this scene gives the story a very different hue.
Mary Lou Retton struggles during DUI test after May 2025 arrest in West Virginia
Mary Lou Retton was stopped by the Fairmont City Police Department in Marion County, West Virginia on May 17, 2025; officers were responding to a report of suspect behavior in an AutoZone parking lot. Retton was in her automobile with a wine bottle in the passenger seat when they arrived.
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Police bodycam footage, first released by Entertainment Tonight, shows the 57-year-old athlete appearing anxious and out of breath while trying to complete a field sobriety test.
During the test, she repeatedly gasped 'Oh my God' and had difficulty following directions. She was asked to lift one foot off the ground and count, but could not get past nine seconds.
Retton, a five-time Olympic medalist, told officers she needed oxygen, referencing her severe battle with double pneumonia in 2023. She used a nasal oxygen tube during the test. The officers also reported that she refused to take a breathalyzer test at the scene.
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Mary Lou Retton says I'm going to jail while mentioning her Olympic past
In the released video, Mary Lou Retton repeatedly told police she was an 'Olympic gold medalist.' At one point, she complimented an officer's
'beautiful blue eyes'
and joked during the test, saying,
'Yeah, I mean upside down.' When told to walk a straight line, she continued expressing disbelief and said, 'I'm gonna go to jail.'
She also told a woman at the scene,
'Gia, they think I'm drunk.'
Later, at the station, she said,
'I nearly died from double pneumonia. I'll die here, and you guys will live with that.'
Court records confirm that Retton entered a no-contest plea to a non-aggravated DUI charge. She was fined $100. Through her lawyer, she apologized in a statement to People, saying
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