US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has stimulated worries for her safety after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has found out.
Concerned member of the family in the town of Fairmont exposed they have actually not seen or heard from the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - given that her arrest in her home town on May 17.
The lack of interaction is nothing new for the previous athlete, according to family members, who say Retton had not even informed her household that she remained in town before her humiliating encounter with authorities.
Recently, the Daily Mail solely exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw top' bottle of white wine in the guest seat while she lagged the wheel of her Porsche.
She had pulled over at an AutoZone in Fairmont after being seen 'driving all over the roadway'.
Officers noted 'the odor of alcohol' producing from her while she was in the chauffeur's seat of the automobile while it was still running, according to court records.
She stopped working all 3 stages of the basic field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, managed compounds, or drugs'.
A within source said in the wake of her arrest: 'Her household had no concept she was here at all, they found out about the arrest when everybody else did.
Mary Lou Retton has actually sparked fears for her security as household members state she has 'disappeared' because her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month
Retton was the very first American woman to win an Olympic individual well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at just 16 years old at the 1984 games
'They don't really talk much, she moved away. She never called them to tell them that she was returning, they just discovered after the arrest.
'That's families for you, it's not her best decision. Families are like that, there wasn't a falling out - they just have not spoken in a while'.
Now it appears Retton has gone totally to ground, without any indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her main residence, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.
Exclusive Daily Mail pictures reveal her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with plans and leaflets littering the porch.
Neighbors say they have not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the past two weeks, including that Retton primarily keeps to herself in the gated compound.
After Daily Mail connected to her daughters on Thursday, her legal representative Edmund J. Rollo released a declaration on Tuesday, stating the star was in 'great spirits.'
'She is very pleased of all of the assistance she has actually received,' he added. 'Mary Lou will release 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 because 2012.
She was wed to Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelly, with whom she shares daughters Shayla, 30, McKenna, 28, Skyla, 24, and Emma, 23, from 1990 to 2018.
According to social networks, Retton and her 4 daughters have a very close relationship, though she has actually not appeared in her kids's Instagram posts in a minimum of 6 months.
Retton, who has four daughters, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has not been seen or heard from by her relatives in her hometown in West Virginia because her arrest on May 17, insiders informed DailyMail.com
Retton spoke openly about her terrifying health battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an unusual form of pneumonia
Now it appears Retton has gone completely to ground, without any indication of her at her household home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and primary house in Texas (envisioned) last Thursday
And while her member of the family in West Virginia have shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's kids have actually remained tight lipped over the incident, declining to talk with the Daily Mail.
But they have actually been publishing cryptic inspiring spiritual posts describing life and mistakes 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 participate in.
Relative are apparently worried about the arrest, though were 'uninformed' of any factor or problems as to why Retton might have driven the 1,500 mile cross nation journey from Texas to West Virginia.
Her older brother Donnie, 59, passed away in December of in 2015, with an obituary specifying there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.
Court records show that a lawyer representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to send a motion for discovery.
Officers kept in mind during her arrest that she had a 'screw leading container of wine' that remained in the guest seat of her vehicle when they approached her.
She failed all three phases of the basic field sobriety test, and declined a roadside initial breath test, along with a secondary chemical test of her blood.
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Retton was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs,' according to the West Virginia Magistrate Court system.
She was released after personally posting a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to attend to the arrest.
A legal representative representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not immediately react to an ask for remark by the Daily Mail.
Best understood for receiving two best 10 scores at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually fought more health concerns in recent years.
The decorated gymnast had problem with pneumonia in 2023, which led her daughter to produce a crowdfunding page to help pay installing health center expenses, raising $200,000 in simply a day.
But the family quickly after refusing to clarify where the donations would be going, while Retton's claim to not have insurance was also questioned by some.
'They didn't should have that,' Retton said in May when asked about the backlash her daughters got.
'They were just trying to take care of me. I don't care about the cynics. There are trolls everywhere. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, however it is what it is.'
While there was a delighted ending for Retton in 2023, doctors quickly feared for her life as her daughters delivered what they believed would be their final farewell to their mother.
Retton's child, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was identified out and about in Texas, but decreased to comment on her mom's arrest or whereabouts
Retton presenting with her daughter McKenna Kelley at the NCAA champions in 2019. The previous gymnast was 'slurring her words' when she pulled over into an AutoZone in Fairmont, West Virginia
Retton wed 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 recuperate from the damage to her lungs.
'It's been actually hard,' she said 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 removed from me. It's embarrassing.'
Retton believes she recovered from the scary experience as 'God wasn't prepared' for her yet, in spite of admitting that she is exceptionally fortunate to still live.
'Girl, I should be dead,' she included. 'The doctors informed them [daughters] to come to state their farewells.
'They hoped over me, and McKenna said, 'Mommy, it's OK, you can go.'
'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mother, but I can't imagine what that was like, to see their mom on her deathbed.'
Her heath problems come after DailyMail.com exposed that she was likewise anticipated to collect around $2million more in payment after a legal spat with the maker of her two metal hip replacements.
Mary Lou Retton ended up being the very first American woman to win a specific well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left battling for her life in medical facility with a rare kind of pneumonia in late 2023, prompting her children set up a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations
Last year, the mom-of-four drew criticism after declaring to have no health insurance coverage and requesting financial assistance from the public when she was struck down with an unusual type of pneumonia, in spite 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 a rare kind of pneumonia and why her family resorted to begging for cash online to bail her out.
Court documents submitted in Houston that showed she had a small fortune following her divorce from Shannon Kelley.
The residential or commercial property division accepted by the court revealed that Retton received cash and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley split their possessions down the middle after 28 years of marital relationship.
Not included in that figure were the earnings from the sale of two homes, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which again were to be split 50/50.
Nor were the proceeds from a claim in which she sued Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over two hip replacements that went incorrect.
It is not known just how much she received however others who sued the business in comparable situations got around $2million each.
Retton discovered instant popularity as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles games.
She became the first American female to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.
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