Less than a year after she was arrested at an airport, Sha’Carri Richardson has been arrested yet again. This time, she kept her hands to herself, but also endangered the lives of many others.
The Olympic sprinter was arrested in Florida after deputies say she was driving 104 mph, tailgating, and weaving through traffic, per TMZ. Richardson was pulled over by an OCSO traffic enforcement deputy on State Road 429 near Stoneybrook Parkway. They added that Richardson was “dangerously tailgating and travelling across lanes of travel to pass other motorists.”
She has been charged with dangerous excessive speeding, which applies to motorists exceeding 100 mph. Richardson was being held on $500 bond as of Thursday evening.
In 2021, Sha’Carri Richardson was disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for THC during a post-race drug test. That led to a 30-day suspension. Her absence during the Tokyo Olympics reignited the debate over the criminalization of marijuana. It would eventually lead many states to accept it as we see it today.
Sha’Carri Richardson Was Arrested In 2025
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American track and field star and Olympic gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested in August 2025. She was placed in handcuffs for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, Christian Coleman, at the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
At the time, an officer saw surveillance footage where the 2024 Olympic gold medalist shoved “Coleman hard enough that it [sent] him crashing into a nearby column.” In the video, Coleman attempted to walk away from Sha’Carri Richardson, who pushed him a second time. She then allegedly threw a pair of headphones at Coleman.
Coleman declined to press charges, but the video was enough to arrest her. Things only got worse for Richardson. Bodycam footage showed her threatening not to have anything to do with Coleman because cops were called over her behavior.
Richardson told officers that Coleman was the one who assaulted her. She had no clue that everything was shown on video. Sha’Carri Richardson later posted a video on her Instagram account and issued a written apology to Coleman.
