Reigning world 100-meter sprint champion Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
According to a police report obtained by The Associated Press, Richardson was arrested Sunday on a fourth-degree domestic violence offense
Richardson, 25, was booked into the South Correctional Entity in Des Moines, Washington at 6:54 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3 and released Monday at 1:13 p.m.
The police report said an officer at the airport was notified by a Transportation Security Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richardson and her boyfriend, sprinter Christian Coleman.
The officer reviewed camera footage and observed Richardson reach out with her left arm and yank away Coleman’s backpack. Richardson then appeared to get in Coleman’s way, and Coleman tried to step around her. Coleman was shoved into a wall.
The report claims the officer said: “I was told Coleman did not want to participate any further in the investigation and declined to be a victim.”