Sha’Carri Richardson of the U.S. celebrates after profitable the 200m Ladies on the Ostrava Golden Spike, Municipal Stadium, Ostrava, Czech Republic on Might 19, 2021.
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Reigning 100-metre 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-degree home violence cost, in keeping with a police report obtained by The Related Press. On Thursday, she ran within the opening spherical of the ladies’s 100 metres on the US Monitor and Area Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Because the defending champion, she has an automated bye to the world championships in September in Tokyo.
The 25-year-old Richardson was booked into the South Correctional Entity (SCORE) in Des Moines, Washington, at 6.54 pm final Sunday and launched Monday at 1.13 p.m.
“USATF is conscious of the stories and isn’t commenting on this matter,” USA Monitor and Area mentioned in an announcement.
Richardson’s agent didn’t instantly reply to an e-mail request for remark.
The police report mentioned an officer on the airport was notified by a Transportation Safety Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richard’s son 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 approach, with Coleman attempting to step round her. Coleman was shoved right into a wall.
The report later mentioned Richardson appeared to throw an merchandise at Coleman, which the TSA indicated might have been headphones.
