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US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton has stimulated worries for her security after 'disappearing' following her DWI charge in West Virginia last month, the Daily Mail has discovered.

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

The lack of communication is nothing brand-new for the former athlete, according to family members, who say Retton hadn't even notified her household that she remained in town before her humiliating encounter with police.

Last week, the Daily Mail specifically exposed that Retton was captured 'slurring her words' with a 'screw leading' bottle of red wine in the guest 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 roadway'.

Officers kept in mind 'the smell of alcohol' producing from her while she remained in the driver's seat of the cars and truck 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 impact of alcohol, managed substances, or drugs'.

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

Mary Lou Retton has stimulated worries for her safety as relative state she has 'vanished' considering that her DWI arrest in West Virginia last month

Retton was the very first American female to win an Olympic specific well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo (left) at just 16 years old at the 1984 video games

'They don't actually talk much, she moved away. She never ever called them to inform them that she was returning, they only learnt after the arrest.

'That's families for you, it's not her best choice. Families are like that, there wasn't a falling out - they simply 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 main 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 plans and leaflets littering the porch.

Neighbors say they have actually not seen her at the residential or commercial property in the previous 2 weeks, adding that Retton mostly keeps to herself in the gated compound.

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

'She is very pleased of all of the assistance she has actually gotten,' he included. 'Mary Lou will release a declaration 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 given that 2012.

She was wed 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 media, Retton and her four daughters have a very 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 not been seen or heard from by her family members in her hometown in West Virginia considering that her arrest on May 17, experts informed DailyMail.com

Retton spoke publicly about her terrifying health fight after she was hospitalized in October 2023 with an unusual type of pneumonia

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

And while her member of the family in West Virginia have shared their shock at her arrest, Retton's children have actually stayed tight lipped over the incident, decreasing to talk with the Daily Mail.

But they have been publishing cryptic inspirational religious posts describing life and mistakes as 'God's will' on their social media.

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

Relative are supposedly worried about the arrest, though were 'unaware' of any reason or concerns as to why Retton could have driven the 1,500 mile cross country trip from Texas to West Virginia.

Her older brother Donnie, 59, passed away in December of last year, with an obituary stating 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 movement for discovery.

Officers kept in mind during her arrest that she had a 'screw top container of red wine' that was in the traveler seat of her car when they approached her.

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

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Retton was charged in Marion County for 'driving under influence of alcohol, controlled 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 address the arrest.

A legal representative representing Retton based in Morgantown, West Virginia, did not instantly react to a demand for remark by the Daily Mail.

Best understood for receiving two ideal 10 ratings at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics weeks after a knee operation, Retton has fought more health concerns in the last few years.

The embellished gymnast dealt with pneumonia in 2023, which led her daughter to produce a crowdfunding page to help pay mounting hospital costs, raising $200,000 in simply a day.

But the household 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 be worthy of that,' Retton said in May when inquired about the reaction her children got.

'They were just attempting to look after 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 pleased ending for Retton in 2023, doctors quickly feared for her life as her children provided what they thought would be their last goodbye to their mother.

daughter, Shayla Schrepfer, 30, was identified out and about in Texas, but declined to comment on her mom'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
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Retton married Texas Longhorns quarterback-turned-real estate designer Shannon Kelley (center) in Houston, Texas in 1990. They separated in 2018

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

'It's been really hard,' she said in a psychological 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 eliminated from me. It's embarrassing.'

Retton believes she recuperated from the terrifying ordeal as 'God wasn't all set' for her yet, despite confessing that she is very lucky to still be alive.

'Girl, I ought to be dead,' she added. 'The doctors informed them [children] to come to say their bye-byes.

'They hoped 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 was like, to enjoy their mama on her deathbed.'

Her heath issues followed DailyMail.com exposed that she was likewise expected to gather around $2million more in settlement after a legal spat with the producer of her 2 metal hip replacements.

Mary Lou Retton ended up being the very first American female to win a private all-around gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games. The now-retired gymnast was left fighting for her life in hospital with an uncommon type of pneumonia in late 2023, triggering her daughters established a SpotFund account that raised $500,000 in donations

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

The revelations cast more doubt on why the five-time gold medal winner had no health insurance when she was struck down with an unusual kind of pneumonia and why her household turned to begging for cash online to bail her out.

Court papers submitted in Houston that revealed she had a little fortune following her divorce from Shannon Kelley.

The residential or commercial property department accepted by the court revealed that Retton got cash and residential or commercial property worth $1,950,597 as she and Kelley divided their possessions down the middle after 28 years of marriage.

Not included in that figure were the earnings from the sale of two homes, 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 took legal action against Indiana-based medical company Biomet Recovery over two hip replacements that went incorrect.

It is not known how much she received but others who took legal action against the company in similar situations navigated $2million each.
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Retton found instantaneous popularity as a 16-year-old when she won her medals at the 1984 Los Angeles games.

She ended up being the very first American female to win an Olympic individual well-rounded gold when she edged out Romania's Ecaterina Szabo.