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

US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has actually stimulated fears for her security after 'vanishing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has actually learned.

Concerned household members in the village of Fairmont revealed they have not seen or spoken with the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - since her arrest in her hometown on May 17.

The lack of interaction is nothing brand-new for the former athlete, according to relatives, who state Retton hadn't even informed her household that she was in town before her awkward encounter with cops.

Last week, the Daily Mail solely revealed that Retton was caught 'slurring her words' with a 'screw leading' bottle of wine in the traveler seat while she lagged the wheel of her Porsche.

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

Officers noted 'the smell 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 stages of the basic field sobriety test and was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled substances, or drugs'.

An inside source stated 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 stimulated worries for her security as relative state she has 'disappeared' considering that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

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

'They don't truly talk much, she moved away. She never called them to tell them that she was coming back, they just discovered after the arrest.

'That's families for you, it's not her finest choice. Families resemble that, there wasn't a falling out - they just have not spoken in a while'.

Now it appears Retton has actually gone totally to ground, with no sign of her at her household home in Fairmont or her primary house, her post-divorce residential or commercial property in Texas.

Exclusive Daily Mail photos show her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with packages and leaflets littering the patio.

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

After Daily Mail reached out to her daughters on Thursday, her lawyer Edmund J. Rollo released a statement on Tuesday, saying the star was in 'excellent spirits.'

'She is extremely appreciative of all of the support she has received,' he added. 'Mary Lou will release a statement at the appropriate time. Until then, please respect her privacy.'

The retired Olympian has spent much of her life between West Virginia and Texas, where she has actually been based since 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 four daughters have a very close relationship, though she has actually not appeared in her children's Instagram posts in a minimum of six 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 loved ones in her home town in West Virginia considering that her arrest on May 17, insiders told DailyMail.com

Retton spoke openly about her scary health fight after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an unusual kind of pneumonia

Now it appears Retton has actually gone completely to ground, with no sign of her at her household home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and primary residence in Texas (imagined) last Thursday

And while her member of the family in West Virginia have actually shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's kids have actually remained tight lipped over the event, declining to talk with the Daily Mail.

But they have actually been posting puzzling inspiring spiritual posts explaining life and mistakes as 'God's will' on their social networks.

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

Family members are supposedly concerned about the arrest, though were 'unaware' of any factor or issues regarding why Retton might have driven the 1,500 mile cross nation journey 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 a lawyer representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to submit a motion for discovery.

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

She failed all three phases of the basic field sobriety test, and refused a roadside preliminary breath test, as well as a secondary chemical test of her blood.

Olympic heroine Mary Lou Retton's stunning failure revealed in damning complete authorities 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 publishing a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to deal with the arrest.

A lawyer representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not instantly respond to a request for remark by the Daily Mail.

Best understood for getting 2 perfect 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has actually fought more health concerns recently.

The decorated gymnast had problem with pneumonia in 2023, which led her daughter to produce a crowdfunding page to assist pay mounting hospital bills, raising $200,000 in simply a day.

But the family soon drew criticism 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 inquired about the reaction her children got.

'They were just attempting to look after me. I do not care about the cynics. There are giants everywhere. It's what makes us America. Everybody's got a viewpoint, however it is what it is.'

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

Retton's daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was spotted out and about in Texas, but decreased to talk about her mom's arrest or location

Retton posturing with her daughter 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 wed Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They divorced in 2018

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

'It's been really hard,' she stated in an emotional interview with People in 2024. 'My lungs are so scarred. It will be a life time of recovery.

'My physicality was the only thing I had and it was removed from me. It's humiliating.'

Retton believes she recuperated from the terrifying ordeal as 'God wasn't ready' for her yet, despite confessing that she is extremely lucky to still live.

'Girl, I need to be dead,' she added. 'The physicians informed them [children] to come to state their bye-byes.

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

'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mother, however I can't picture what that resembled, to view their mother on her deathbed.'

Her heath issues come after DailyMail.com revealed that she was likewise anticipated to collect around $2million more in payment after a legal spat with the manufacturer of her 2 metal hip replacements.

Mary Lou Retton became the first American woman to win a specific well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left defending her life in health center with a rare form of pneumonia in late 2023, prompting her children set up a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations

In 2015, the mom-of-four drew criticism after declaring to have no medical insurance and asking for financial assistance from the public when she was overruled with a rare kind of pneumonia, in spite of having received a $2million settlement from her divorce

The revelations cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no health insurance coverage when she was struck down with a rare kind of pneumonia and why her household turned to pleading for cash 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 cash and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley split their properties down the middle after 28 years of marriage.

Not consisted of because figure were the proceeds from the sale of two houses, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which once again were to be split 50/50.

Nor were the profits from a lawsuit in which she took legal action against Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over 2 hip replacements that went wrong.