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

Concerned household members in the village of Fairmont exposed they have not seen or heard from the Olympic gold medalist, 57 - who is based in Texas - since her arrest in her home town on May 17.

The absence of communication is nothing new for the former athlete, according to relatives, who say Retton hadn't even informed her household that she was in town before her awkward encounter with police.

Last week, the Daily Mail solely exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw leading' bottle of 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 highway'.

Officers kept in mind 'the smell of alcohol' giving off from her while she remained 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 substances, or drugs'.

An inside source stated in the wake of her arrest: 'Her household had no concept she was here at all, they learnt about the arrest when everyone else did.

Mary Lou Retton has actually stimulated fears for her safety as member of the family state she has actually 'vanished' given that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

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

'They do not really talk much, she moved away. She never called them to tell them that she was coming back, they just found out 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 completely 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 photos show her $550,000 home in Boerne, Kendall County, looking deserted, with bundles and flyers cluttering the patio.

Neighbors state they have actually not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the previous two weeks, adding that Retton mainly keeps to herself in the gated compound.

After Daily Mail connected to her children on Thursday, her attorney Edmund J. Rollo issued a declaration on Tuesday, saying the star remained in 'good spirits.'

'She is really appreciative of all of the support she has actually received,' he added. 'Mary Lou will provide a declaration at the proper time. Until then, please regard her privacy.'

The retired Olympian has spent much of her life between West Virginia and Texas, where she has actually been based considering that 2012.

She was wed to Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate developer 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 children have an extremely close relationship, though she has not appeared in her kids's Instagram posts in a minimum of six months.

Retton, who has four children, Skyla, 24, Emma, turning 23, Shayla, 30, and McKenna, 28, has actually not been seen or heard from by her family members in her hometown in West Virginia given that her arrest on May 17, insiders told DailyMail.com

Retton spoke publicly about her terrifying health battle after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an uncommon kind of pneumonia

Now it appears Retton has actually gone completely to ground, without any indication of her at her family home in Fairmont or her post-divorce residential or commercial property and primary house in Texas (visualized) last Thursday

And while her relative in West Virginia have actually shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's children have remained tight lipped over the occurrence, declining to speak with the Daily Mail.

But they have been publishing puzzling inspiring religious posts explaining life and errors as 'God's will' on their social networks.

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

Relative are supposedly worried about the arrest, though were 'uninformed' of any factor or issues regarding why Retton could have driven the 1,500 mile cross country journey from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older bro Donnie, 59, died in December of last year, with an obituary specifying there was 'no visitation or funeral services'.

Court records show that an attorney representing Retton appeared alone at a hearing on May 27, to submit 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 car when they approached her.

She failed all three phases of the standard field sobriety test, and refused 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 impact of alcohol, managed substances, or drugs,' according to the West Virginia Magistrate Court system.

She was released after personally publishing a $1,500 bond. Representatives for Retton are yet to address the arrest.

An attorney representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not immediately react to a demand for remark by the Daily Mail.

Best understood 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 had a hard time with pneumonia in 2023, which led her daughter to produce a crowdfunding page to help pay installing hospital bills, raising $200,000 in just a day.

But the family 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 be worthy of that,' Retton stated in May when asked about the backlash her daughters got.

'They were just trying to look after me. I do not care about the naysayers. 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 delighted ending for Retton in 2023, doctors quickly feared for her life as her children provided what they believed would be their final goodbye to their mother.

Retton's child, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was spotted out and about in Texas, but declined to discuss her mother's arrest or whereabouts

Retton posing with her child 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 married 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 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 lifetime of recovery.

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

Retton believes she recovered from the terrifying experience as 'God wasn't prepared' for her yet, despite admitting that she is incredibly lucky to still live.

'Girl, I should be dead,' she included. 'The doctors told them [children] to come to state their farewells.

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

'I didn't have much of a relationship with my mom, but I can't envision what that was like, to view their mom on her deathbed.'

Her heath concerns followed DailyMail.com exposed that she was likewise anticipated to collect around $2million more in settlement after a legal spat with the maker of her 2 metal hip replacements.

Mary Lou Retton became the first American lady to win an individual well-rounded gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left defending her life in medical facility with a rare type of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her children set up a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations

In 2015, the mom-of-four drew criticism after claiming to have no health insurance and requesting financial backing from the public when she was overruled with an uncommon type of pneumonia, in spite of having actually received 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 overruled with an unusual kind of pneumonia and why her household resorted 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 department accepted by the court showed 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 in that figure were the proceeds from the sale of 2 houses, one in Houston and the other in Fairmont, West Virginia, which again were to be divided 50/50.

Nor were the profits from a suit in which she sued Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over two hip replacements that went wrong.

It is not understood just how much she received however others who sued the business in similar situations got around $2million each.
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Retton discovered instant fame as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles video games.

She became the very first American female to win an Olympic specific gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.