Mary Lou Retton DUI mug shots show her looking dazed and disheveled as its revealed how she berated responding officers
Olympic gymnastics champion Mary Lou Retton incoherently berated officers during her May DUI arrest — insisting she’s a “gold medalist” and oddly complimenting the cop on his “beautiful blue eyes” while failing her three field sobriety tests, newly-released bodycam footage showed.
Retton — once hailed as “America’s sweetheart” after taking home gold in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics — became combative, repeatedly huffing, “Oh, come on,” as the officer ordered her to follow his finger and later walk a straight line in the parking lot of a West Virginia AutoZone on May 17.
“You should be pretty good at this,” the cop quipped, according to the shocking footage.
The 57-year-old former athlete then exclaimed, “Yeah, I mean upside down.”
Retton, grinning wildly, continuously failed to keep her head still while tracking the officer’s finger during her first test — prompting the cop to stop multiple times and remind her to stop moving.
“You’re making me feel like I’m … I see it,” Retton muttered, as the officer instructed her to focus on his finger.
“I see it, I see it, I see it. I’m looking at your beautiful blue eyes.”
The patient cop directed a flustered Retton to walk in a straight line with her hands at her side, but she interrupted, reminding him, “I’m an Olympic gold medalist,” the wild footage showed.
The former Olympian, wearing a bright yellow shirt and brown shorts, stumbled through the impairment screening before the cop notified another officer that she failed the prompts.