US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has triggered worries for her safety after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has actually learned.
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 - given that her arrest in her hometown on May 17.
The absence of interaction is nothing new for the former professional athlete, according to family members, who state Retton had not even informed her family that she remained in town before her embarrassing encounter with cops.
Last week, the Daily Mail exclusively revealed that Retton was caught 'slurring her words' with a 'screw top' bottle of red wine in the traveler 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 road'.
Officers kept in odor of alcohol' emitting 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 phases of the standard field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled compounds, or drugs'.
An inside source said in the wake of her arrest: 'Her household had no idea she was here at all, they discovered the arrest when everybody else did.
Mary Lou Retton has actually stimulated fears for her safety as member of the family say she has 'disappeared' considering that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month
Retton was the very first American female to win an Olympic private well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at just 16 years of ages at the 1984 games
'They don't really talk much, she moved away. She never ever called them to inform them that she was coming back, they just learnt after the arrest.
'That's households for you, it's not her best choice. Families resemble that, there wasn't a falling out - they simply have not spoken in a while'.
Now it appears Retton has gone entirely to ground, without any indication of her at her household home in Fairmont or her primary house, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.
Exclusive Daily Mail images show her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with bundles and flyers cluttering the deck.
Neighbors say they have not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the past two weeks, adding that Retton mainly keeps to herself in the gated substance.
After Daily Mail connected to her children on Thursday, her legal representative Edmund J. Rollo released a statement on Tuesday, stating the star was in 'great spirits.'
'She is really appreciative of all of the support she has actually gotten,' he added. 'Mary Lou will issue a declaration at the appropriate time. Until then, please regard her personal privacy.'
The retired Olympian has spent much of her life between West Virginia and Texas, where she has been based since 2012.
She was married to Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelly, with whom she shares children Shayla, 30, McKenna, 28, Skyla, 24, and Emma, 23, from 1990 to 2018.
According to social networks, Retton and her 4 children have a really close relationship, though she has actually not appeared in her children's Instagram posts in at least 6 months.
Retton, who has four daughters, 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 given that her arrest on May 17, experts informed DailyMail.com
Retton spoke publicly about her scary health battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an uncommon kind of pneumonia
Now it appears Retton has gone entirely to ground, with no indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and primary home in Texas (pictured) last Thursday
And while her relative in West Virginia have shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's kids have stayed tight lipped over the incident, decreasing to speak with the Daily Mail.
But they have been publishing puzzling inspirational spiritual posts describing life and mistakes as 'God's will' on their social networks.
Her youngest daughter Emma, is set to get married later on this month in Dallas, though it's unclear if the gymnastics legend will attend.
Family members are reportedly concerned about the arrest, though were 'unaware' of any reason or concerns regarding why Retton might have driven the 1,500 mile cross country journey from Texas to West Virginia.
Her older sibling Donnie, 59, died in December of last year, with an obituary mentioning there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.
Court records show that an attorney representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to send a motion for discovery.
Officers noted during her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of wine' that remained in the guest seat of her car when they approached her.
She failed all 3 stages of the standard field sobriety test, and declined a roadside preliminary breath test, in addition to a secondary chemical test of her blood.
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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 released after personally posting a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to resolve the arrest.
A legal representative representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not instantly react to an ask for remark 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 battled more health problems in the last few years.
The embellished gymnast struggled with pneumonia in 2023, which led her child to produce a crowdfunding page to help pay mounting healthcare facility costs, raising $200,000 in just a day.
But the household soon drew criticism after refusing to clarify where the contributions would be going, while Retton's claim to not have insurance was also doubted by some.
'They didn't should have that,' Retton said in May when asked about the backlash her children received.
'They were just attempting to take care of me. I don't care about the naysayers. There are giants all over. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got an opinion, but it is what it is.'
While there was a delighted ending for Retton in 2023, physicians quickly feared for her life as her children delivered what they thought would be their final goodbye to their mom.
Retton's daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was spotted out and about in Texas, however declined to discuss her mother's arrest or location
Retton posing 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 appropriately recover from the damage to her lungs.
'It's been truly 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 thinks she recuperated from the scary ordeal as 'God wasn't ready' for her yet, despite confessing that she is very lucky to still be alive.
'Girl, I should be dead,' she included. 'The medical professionals told them [children] to come to say their goodbyes.
'They prayed over me, and McKenna said, 'Mommy, it's OK, you can go.'
'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mom, however I can't imagine what that resembled, to see their mother on her deathbed.'
Her heath issues followed DailyMail.com revealed that she was likewise anticipated to collect around $2million more in settlement after a legal spat with the manufacturer of her two metal hip replacements.
Mary Lou Retton became the 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 hospital with a rare form 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 and requesting monetary support from the general public when she was overruled with a rare form of pneumonia, regardless of having gotten a $2million settlement from her divorce
The discoveries cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no health insurance coverage when she was overruled with an unusual type of pneumonia and why her household turned to begging for money online to bail her out.
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 revealed that Retton received money and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley divided their assets down the middle after 28 years of marital relationship.
Not included because figure were the profits from the sale of 2 houses, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which again were to be split 50/50.
Nor were the profits from a lawsuit in which she sued Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over 2 hip replacements that failed.
It is not understood how much she got but others who took legal action against the company in similar scenarios navigated $2million each.
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Retton discovered immediate fame as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles video games.
She became the first American female to win an Olympic individual well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.
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