Sha’Carri Richardson Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge At Seattle Airport

Reigning 100-meter world champion Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested final weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend on the Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport.

Richardson was arrested Sunday on a fourth diploma home violence offense, in line with the police report obtained by The Related Press. On Thursday, she ran within the opening spherical the ladies’s 100 meters at U.S. observe and discipline championships in Eugene, Oregon. She has an automated bye to the world championships in September in Tokyo because the defending champion.

The 25-year-old Richardson was booked into the South Correctional Entity (SCORE) in Des Moines, Washington, at 6:54 p.m. final Sunday and launched Monday at 1:13 p.m.

“USATF is conscious of the experiences and isn’t commenting on this matter,” USA Monitor and Area stated in an announcement.

Richardson’s agent didn’t instantly reply to an electronic mail request for remark.

The police report stated an officer on the airport was notified by a Transportation Safety Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richardson and her boyfriend, sprinter Christian Coleman.

The officer reviewed digicam footage and noticed Richardson attain out along with her left arm and seize Coleman’s backpack and yank it away. Richardson then appeared to get in Coleman’s means with Coleman attempting to step round her. Coleman was shoved right into a wall.

The report later stated that Richardson appeared to throw an merchandise at Coleman, which the TSA indicated could have been headphones.

Within the police report, the officer stated: “I used to be instructed Coleman didn’t wish to take part any additional within the investigation and declined to be a sufferer.”

Richardson received the 100 on the 2023 world championships in Budapest and completed with the silver on the Paris Video games final summer season. She additionally helped the 4×100 relay to an Olympic gold.

She had a optimistic positive marijuana test on the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials and didn’t compete on the Tokyo Olympics.