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Gold Medal Shocker: Mary Lou Retton Flips Out During DUI Arrest Caught On Cam| Crime Alert 6AM 07.10.2025 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime art. I mean see grace breaking crime thes now
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  Speaker 1: our Jennifer Gold Standing by Jennifer Nancy.
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  Speaker 2: The world gasp in nineteen eighty four when Mary lou
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  Speaker 2: Wretton flipped her way to Olympic gold, but newly released
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  Speaker 2: bodycam footage from her may do you I arrest in
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  Speaker 2: West Virginia paints a heart wrenching picture of a fallen
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  Speaker 1: He sealed and nebula answer, I mean, really you are?
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  Speaker 3: I know who you are.
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  Speaker 1: I know, I know you mean it.
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  Speaker 3: M come on, I gotta do my job no matter
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  Speaker 3: who you are.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh. Using your first daughter, the fifty seven
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  Speaker 2: year old gymnastics legend once America Sweetheart, was caught on tape,
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  Speaker 2: disheveled and emotional as police cuffed her. Officers responded to
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  Speaker 2: reports of Retton's Porsche swerving erratically on Interstate sixty four.
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  Speaker 2: Court documents reveal Ace screwed top bottle of wine in
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  Speaker 2: her car, She slurred her words, defiantly refused a breathalyzer test,
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  Speaker 2: and stumbled through field sobriety tests, prompting her immediate arrest.
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  Speaker 2: The raw bodycam footage captures Retten desperately invoking her Olympic fame,
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  Speaker 2: proclaiming quote, I'm a gold medallist end quote as officers
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  Speaker 2: secured handcuffs around her oxygen tank. At one point, she
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  Speaker 2: bizarrely remarked that the arrest would quote be good for
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  Speaker 2: the book end quote, and she even managed a brief,
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  Speaker 2: strained smile when an officer jokingly suggested her gymnastics skills
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  Speaker 2: might aid sobriety tests. However, her mood quickly shifted to
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  Speaker 2: distress when placed under arrest. Here's more of the body cam.
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  Speaker 2: Take a listen, Go ahead and put your hands around
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  Speaker 2: your back for me.
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  Speaker 3: No, this is not don't be hitting. No nos threatened,
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  Speaker 3: Please don't. Oh my.
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  Speaker 2: Her mugshots, also released show her with puffy, tear filled eyes,
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  Speaker 2: wearing a simple yellow T shirt and gold jewelry, a stark,
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  Speaker 2: painful contrast to the poised, polished image of a triumphant
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  Speaker 2: Olympic champion. Retin has since pleaded no contest to dui charges.
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  Speaker 2: This deeply troubling incident marks a distressing chapter for the
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  Speaker 2: Olympic champ, who in twenty twenty three battled a rare
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  Speaker 2: and severe form of pneumonia requiring reliance on an oxygen tank.
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  Speaker 2: Retton entered a no contest plea to a non aggravated
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  Speaker 2: DUI charge and was slapped with a one hundred dollars
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  Speaker 2: fine standard for first time non aggravated offenses in West Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: Following her arrest, Reton told people in a statement issued
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  Speaker 2: through her attorney, quote what happened was completely unacceptable. I
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  Speaker 2: make no excuses to my family, friends and my fans.
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  Speaker 2: I have let you down and for that I am
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  Speaker 2: d please sorry. End quote. The latest crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Jennifer. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: A Texas man has admitted to a horrifying plot against
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  Speaker 2: his dementia's stricken wife, culminating in her brutal murder. Justin Davidson,
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  Speaker 2: forty six, of Fort Worth, faces first degree murder charges
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  Speaker 2: after allegedly confessing to a calculated scheme involving drugged slushies
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  Speaker 2: and smothering to end the life of his wife Danielle
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  Speaker 2: Crosby Davidson, forty seven. This chilling narrative unfolds from court
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  Speaker 2: documents following her death at an Arizona dementia care facility. Danielle,
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  Speaker 2: who was receiving long term trade for advanced dementia at
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  Speaker 2: the Eternal Spring of Gilbert facility, was found dead in
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  Speaker 2: her room. Her husband, Davidson, was staying with her at
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  Speaker 2: the time. Facility staff quickly grew suspicious, noting Danielle's health
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  Speaker 2: had dramatically deteriorated since Davidson arrived. They also reported that Davidson,
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  Speaker 2: a California resident, had allegedly stated he did not want
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  Speaker 2: them to feed his wife and repeatedly locked her room
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  Speaker 2: door despite being told not to, preventing routine checks. The
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  Speaker 2: alarm was druly raised when staff found Danielle dead, observing
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  Speaker 2: bruising on the side of her neck and disturbingly, a
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  Speaker 2: blue tongue. Police were immediately called, and it reportedly did
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  Speaker 2: not take long for Davidson to confess. Investigators learned of
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  Speaker 2: Davidson's initial failed attempt to end Danielle's life. He allegedly
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  Speaker 2: admitted to crushing fifty to sixty oxy cotone pills which
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  Speaker 2: were previously prescribed to her, and feeding them to her
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  Speaker 2: in her food. The massive dose, Danielle did not die immediately. Undeterred,
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  Speaker 2: Davidson allegedly then confessed to a second, more lethal plan.
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  Speaker 2: He bought over the counter sleeping pills from target and
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  Speaker 2: dissolved them in a blue flavored frozen ice drink from
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  Speaker 2: an Arizona fast food joint, which he gave to Danielle.
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  Speaker 2: He then allegedly smothered her with a pillow until she
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  Speaker 2: stopped breathing. The blue slushy is believed to be the
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  Speaker 2: reason for her blue tongue observed by medical staff. Court
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  Speaker 2: records also revealed that Davidson had previous police involvement with
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  Speaker 2: his wife during their time together in southern California. Now,
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  Speaker 2: Davidson has been booked into the Maricopa County Jail, where
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  Speaker 2: he is being held on a million dollar bond as
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  Speaker 2: a flight risk. His next court data set for August eleventh.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, in a heart stopping display of courage and
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  Speaker 2: quick thinking, Georgia police officers became real life heroes, shattering
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  Speaker 2: a car window to pluck two vulnerable toddlers from a
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  Speaker 2: sweltering car averting it potential tragedy in a bustling mall
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  Speaker 2: parking lot. Bodycam footage captures the dramatic incident at Cumberland Mall,
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  Speaker 2: where internal temperatures had soared to a life threatening one
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  Speaker 2: hundred and seventeen degrees fahrenheit. With incredible tenderness, an officer
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  Speaker 2: unbuckles a little boy his comvoy soothing as the child
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  Speaker 2: cries subsided take a listen.
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  Speaker 3: Hey buddy, it's okay, Hey, it's okaya. Oh you're hot.
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  Speaker 2: The heroic rescue began when a vigilant shopper, hearing desperate cries,
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  Speaker 2: alerted nine one one time, of course was critical. Without hesitation,
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  Speaker 2: an officer delivered a precise blow to the window, allowing
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  Speaker 2: immediate access. Both children were carried to safety and received
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  Speaker 2: medical evaluations. The father, Jaquan Dixon, was arrested and charged
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  Speaker 2: with two counts of cruelty and released on bond. While
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  Speaker 2: we celebrate the heroism and thanks to these precious children
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  Speaker 2: that they are safe, this serves as a crucial reminder
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  Speaker 2: that please never leave children or pets or elderly unattended
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  Speaker 2: in a vehicle, even for a moment.
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