Sha’Carri Richardson arrested at Seattle airport over domestic violence incident

Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was arrested Sunday following an alleged incident at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Richardson, 25, was arrested for alleged domestic violence after an altercation with her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman, The Athletic reported.

The Olympic gold medalist reportedly got into a fiery argument with Coleman at a TSA security checkpoint, in which the arresting officer saw Richardson shove her boyfriend multiple times as he was walking away from footage caught on security camera, per The Athletic.

Richardson’s offense was listed as a fourth-degree domestic violence assault.

Coleman ultimately did not press charges and “declined to be a victim,” according to the report viewed by The Athletic.

The incident landed Richardson in custody at the SCORE South Correctional Facility in Des Moines, Wash. where she stayed for just under 19 hours until she was released on Monday, according to records viewed by The Post.

Richardson has been dating Coleman for over two years, despite the couple only making the relationship public in February.

The incident comes as Richardson and Coleman are competing in the 2025 U.S. track and field championships, with both of them racing in Thursday’s preliminary rounds.

Richardson posted a time of 11.07 seconds in the first round of the Women’s 100-meter race and advanced to the semifinals.

Since she is the defending champion of the 100-meter race, Richardson has a bye into this year’s world championships.

Two years ago, Richardson said that she was removed from an American Airlines plane following an argument with a flight attendant.

Through a series of Instagram posts, Richardson said that the flight attendant told her to get off a phone call, in which she replied by saying that she did not like his tone.

“Following that, while standing in front of me doing the safety protocols, he continued to lean over to look at my phone,” Richardson said then in an Instagram story. “He asked to see that my phones were in airplane mode at this point. He demanded that me show him. Which I did in front of him.”