You failed all your field sobriety now. >> No, I didn't. >> did. >> Girl, you did not. >> Want to get a get some oxygen or something first real quick? I don't know if you, you know, >> Put your hands behind your back for me. >> No. >> Yeah, you're under arrest. Yeah, you're under arrest. >> And she became the first American to win the Olympic women's all-around gold medal. [music] Her name was Mary Lou Retton. They put her face on the Wheaties box. They called her America's sweetheart. She was 16 years old and the entire country loved her. 41 years later, in the same town where she was born, the same woman stood in the parking lot of an AutoZone on the Gateway Connector in Fairmont, West Virginia. It was night time. She was 57 years old. She had an oxygen tank strapped to her back. She had a screw top bottle of wine in the passenger seat of her white Porsche and a police officer was asking her to walk in a straight line. "I'm an Olympic gold medalist." she told him. "I can do balance beam." She could not walk in a straight line. >> Yeah, mine's in my other car. >> Okay. >> No, I can't stand it. >> Okay, leave your phone there. I'm going to run you through some field sobriety tests, okay? Yeah, I know, but we have to. Mhm. >> Seriously? All right. >> All right, um let's walk over here to this line, okay? >> I'm really good at balance beam. >> You should be pretty good at this, huh? >> Yeah. I mean, upside down. >> Yeah, all right. So, what I want you to do is put your feet together, hands down to your side for me, okay? I want you to stay in that position. Do you have any head or back injuries? >> Yeah, oh god. >> Anything that would prevent you from driving? Metal all over? >> All over. >> Okay. What I want you to do is using your fing- or sorry, using your eyes, I want you to watch my finger, okay? Don't move your head, just follow with your eyes, all right? Do me a favor, don't move head, okay? Keep your head right there. Do me a favor, keep your head in the middle, just follow with your eyes. Keep following. >> I am. >> Okay. Follow my finger. >> You're making me feel like I'm I see it. >> You see it? Okay. That's This is just a test. You just keep following it. >> The Fairmont Police Department received a call about a white Porsche with Texas license plates driving all over the roadway heading toward downtown. Officers located the vehicle in the parking lot of the AutoZone on the Gateway Connector. When they approached, they found Mary Lou Retton behind the [music] wheel. The smell of alcohol was immediate. Her words were slurred. Her eyes were glassy. And sitting in the passenger seat, in plain [music] view, was a screw-top bottle of wine. Not hidden, not in a bag, not in the trunk, on the seat next to the oxygen tank that the woman who almost died of pneumonia 2 years earlier carried [music] with her everywhere. >> I see it. I see it. I see it. >> Okay. Keep following my finger. >> I'm looking at your beautiful blue eyes. >> Oh, well, thank you. It's okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. And then, same thing, all right, but we're going to go up and down this time, okay? Just using your eyes, follow my finger. >> I mean, this is ridiculous. Okay. >> Okay. This next test, okay, it's called the walk and turn test, all right? >> I can do this. >> So, we're going to use this straight line right here, okay? And I'm going to explain it to you and demonstrate for you, okay? 224, if I didn't advise, I'm going to be out of field sobriety. All right. >> That's great. >> Go ahead. >> I stopped. >> She had stopped for taxes, but it doesn't apply to another state. We're trying to find this now. >> Seriously. >> 10-4. If you need your oxygen, you can carry it. I'm not going to make you take it off. >> 10 lbs to >> Well, Okay, so here's what we're going to do, all right? You're going to take your right foot, put in front of your left on that line, okay? Oh, stay there. I'll let me explain the test. Take your right foot, put it in front of your left on that line, okay? Okay, go ahead and get in that position for me. Right foot in front of left. Put your hands down to your side for me. >> My God. >> All right, staying in this position, okay? I'm going to explain the rest of the test, all right? So, don't leave that position. You're going to take No, go ahead. Yes, ma'am, really. >> Okay. >> You're going to take nine consecutive heel-to-toe steps, and it's going to look like this. You're going to go 1 2 3 all the way to 9 while counting out loud and looking down at your foot. When you get to 9, you're going to take a series of small steps and you're going to turn around, okay? Then you're going to take nine consecutive heel-to-toe steps back. It's going to look like this. 1 2 3 all the way to 9, okay? I did three, you're going to do nine. While doing that, I want you to keep Now, don't start yet. While doing that, I want you to keep your hands down to your side. I want you to not jump. Don't step off the line. It's going to be heel-to-toe. Touch your heel to your toe, okay? And I want you to count out loud. I I know. Okay, well, let's heel-to-toe, okay? Keep your hands down to your side. >> 5 6 7 >> Okay. I Listen, I I know, but we got to go through the steps. So, here's another test, okay? It's called the one leg stand test, all right? If you want to get it get some oxygen or something first real quick, I don't know if you, you know >> She performed all three standardized field sobriety tests. She performed them while wearing supplemental oxygen. At one point during the testing, the officer paused to allow her to use her oxygen tank because she appeared to be in respiratory distress. Even with that accommodation, she failed all three. Every [music] test designed to measure impairment confirmed what the wine bottle and the slurred speech had already established. >> No, I need it. >> Okay. Go ahead and get some oxygen real quick. >> Okay. >> Okay. So, put your feet together for me on that same line. Hands down to your side for me, okay? >> Yeah. >> Go ahead and fix your You got to fix real quick. I'm not going to Yeah, no. If you need to fix something or do something, go for it. Okay. Go ahead and put your feet together for me. Hands down to your side using either foot, okay? It doesn't matter. You Let me explain it first. I want you to take your either foot, okay? You're going to lift it up and you're going to count 1,001, 1,002, 1,003, 1,004, and so forth until I tell you to stop, okay? It's going to be about approximately 6 in off the ground, all right? You're going to look I don't need any higher, 6 in. Hold on. Wait till I begin and tell you to begin. You're going to look down at your foot and you're going to count out loud while doing that. Don't hop around and don't lift your arms for balance, okay? Wait till I tell you to begin. >> Oh my god. >> You may begin whenever you're ready. >> 1 2 3 4 5 Oh my god. >> Keep trying. >> 5 6 7 >> Keep going. I'll tell you when to stop. >> Okay. >> Keep going. >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> I'm I didn't say I said 1001 1002 till you stop. No. Here, I'll go I'll I'll go through it again then. We can try it again. I'll explain it all again to you, okay? >> No, you don't need to explain it to me. >> you're going to lift your foot up approximately 6 in off the ground, okay? You're going to count 1001 1002 1003 and so forth until I tell you to stop, okay? Do you understand? Okay. Leaving your hands down to your side. Wait till I tell you to begin. Leaving your hands down to your side. >> The officer then asked her to submit to a portable breath test. This is the breathalyzer, the machine that measures blood alcohol content. It is the definitive piece of evidence in a DUI investigation, and Mary Lou Retton refused. "They say don't blow." she told the officer. She did not specify who they were. The officer informed her that refusing a breathalyzer in West Virginia carries its own penalty, an automatic license revocation. >> Leaving your hands down to your side, okay? I'll tell you when to begin, all right? You may begin. >> Hold on. >> Do you need oxygen first? >> Maybe. >> Okay, get a hit get some of your oxygen real quick. If you need to sit for a second or >> No, no, I'm not. >> Okay. >> I mean seriously. >> Yes, ma'am, seriously. Ms. Retton, do you have your driver's license on you anywhere? >> No, I've got a passport. >> You don't even have a license? >> No, it's in Texas. >> You own your driver's license in Texas, but you just don't have it with you? >> I don't have it with >> Okay, that's >> It's It's valid. >> All right. Keep going till I tell you to stop. Count out loud for me. I didn't say 9 seconds, I said till I stop. >> No, it's not. >> Okay, well we'll figure that out in a second. I mean, this this the last time I'm going to have you restart the test, okay? >> Oh my god, really? >> Yep, you're going to count out loud until I tell you to stop, okay? You may begin whenever you're ready. >> No, I can't do it. >> You can't do it? >> Maybe another shot. No, I can't do it. >> Okay, that's fine. I understand you've got oxygen, you've got other stuff going on, I understand. >> Really? >> Yes, ma'am. >> Oh my god. >> You can put your shoes back on, yep. Is your last name Taylor now? >> No. >> Okay, what was your last name? >> Kelly. >> Kelly. >> Yeah, her name is Kelly. Can you call Gino? >> Maybe, we'll see in a little bit. >> I just came to get my nails done. >> Okay. >> Oh my god. >> I'm going to have to drive this [ __ ] >> No. I'm going to shut your door, okay? >> No, I'm not going to blow. They say don't blow. >> Well, you're required to blow right now. That's an additional charge. I'm just letting you know. >> Whatever. >> You're refusing to blow? >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Guys are crazy. >> She's refusing to blow. >> You going to refuse? >> Yeah. >> Okay. She failed all of it. >> I what? >> You failed all your field sobriety now. >> No, I didn't. >> Yes, you did. >> I did not. I did not. >> You you can call him later. >> No. >> You don't want to call him now? >> I want to call him now. >> Well, that's not how this works, sorry. So, I'm truly sorry. I'm I'm truly sorry I'm going through this, too. Yeah, if I could avoid this, I would, but you're >> No, I won't. Come on. >> At this point, blowing if you blow all zeros, you know, we can do something else, but >> Would you want to get your blood taken? >> Why? >> Because if you refuse to blow, I have to get a search warrant and do a blood draw. >> Unless you volunteer for it. >> I volunteer. >> It's Do you know this doesn't have the restriction in Fairmont? >> There's no >> Where is it? Whitehall? >> Yep. >> is Fairmont. That's kind of a problem we have here. >> So, what do we do? >> Uh you can blow. >> are to provide us with a a roadside breath sample, which in all honesty, you don't have to. >> No, I don't. >> Regardless, you're going to be arrested for deep suspicion of DUI. >> Yep. >> Second Secondly, we're going to go to >> I'm going to go to jail? >> I didn't say that. I said we have to we have to get a sample of your breath either on station, and if you refuse there, we have to get a search warrant for your blood. So, that Your options are either provide us with a a secondary blood sample at the or a breath sample at the office, or we get a search warrant for your blood. It's up to you. Regardless, you're going to be arrested for a DUI. >> No, I'm not, though. >> That's that Un- Unfortunately, that's the case. >> Mary Lou Retton was placed under arrest for driving under the influence, first offense. Handcuffs went on. She was walked to the back of a police cruiser, and as the door opened and the reality of what was happening became undeniable, she said two words that captured the disbelief of a woman who could not reconcile where she was with who she believed she was. >> I'm I'll be as cooperative with you as you are with us, but and as respectful to you as you are to us, >> Oh my god. >> but we to do our job miss miss Kelly. >> Really? >> All right now. >> Oh my god. >> Do you want to pick up your oxygen and keep it with you? >> Yes, I do. >> Okay. >> Please, I need it. >> Okay. All right. Go ahead and put your hands behind your back for me. >> No. >> Yeah, you're under arrest. Yeah, you're under arrest. This is not >> No, I'm not. >> No, don't don't be hitting. Come on. This will be a >> Oh my god. >> No. >> No. >> please don't. >> Oh my god. >> Do you have any reason your hands can't be behind your back? >> No. Yeah, I got >> What's that? >> Eight surgeries on my shoulders. >> Okay, put them in front of you. >> Thank you. >> We'll be like I said, we'll work with you if you're cooperative. Let go of your hand. >> Are you kidding me? >> No, I have no choice Miss Retton. That's our job. >> in West Virginia. >> No. >> No, you don't know. Oh my god. >> All right. >> Yeah. >> It's >> They think I'm drunk. No. I mean, exactly. >> Okay. Well, come with me. >> Oh my god. No. >> You're coming with me. Please don't make this any harder. >> Oh my god. >> it any harder. >> Oh my god. >> Come on. I >> Oh my god. Oh my it's ma'am. I'm in West Virginia. >> Yes, ma'am. >> Wow. >> Go ahead and have a seat for me. Watch your Watch your head. >> No. >> Okay. >> Mary Lou Retton was charged with driving under the influence, first offense. She was released on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond. On June 10th, she released a statement expressing regret and taking full responsibility for her actions. And then, she appeared in court and entered a plea of no contest.