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Body camera footage obtained by PK Press Club Digital showed Olympic gold medalist sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson “begging” an officer not to arrest her after she was caught driving recklessly.
Sgt. Gerald McDaniels, driving in the center lane, spotted the Olympian shining her lights at the car in front of her and announced that Richardson’s Aston Martin had exceeded 104 mph on State Road 429 near Stoneybrook Parkway in Winter Garden, Florida. The officer reached speeds of at least 110 mph in order to catch up.
“I’ll wipe that smile off your face,” the sergeant told Richardson as he approached his passenger window. “You are arrested for dangerous and excessive speed.”
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Sha’Carri Richardson of Team USA reacts after failing to qualify for the final during the women’s 100 meters semifinals on the second day of the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on September 14, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
Richardson said her rear tire was at 29 PSI and her phone slipped, changing modes in her car and causing her to speed up. This didn’t sit well with McDaniels.
“You drive 104 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone with subpar equipment, you flash people to get out of your lane, you follow too closely, you use all lanes to pass everyone, you cut me off, you pass a car on the inside shoulder with your hazard lights on. You go to jail for dangerous speeding,” he said.
Richardson responded that she didn’t know she was speeding, to which the sergeant replied, “That’s why they give you a speedometer.” »
“I’m a law-abiding citizen, sir,” said Richardson, who was arrested last year for assaulting her boyfriend, fellow Olympic sprinter Christian Coleman, who took off a plane in 2023 and was barred from the Tokyo Olympics because of a positive marijuana test.
Team USA gold medalist Sha’Carri Richardson celebrates with the national flag after competing in the women’s 4×100 meter relay final on day nine of the Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championships at the National Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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After some back-and-forth, the officer’s decision was final and reality set in for Richardson, who said she had “no intention” of breaking the law.
“Please, sir. I really wasn’t speeding intentionally. Sir, please. I’m begging you,” Richardson said. “Don’t take me to jail. I’ll do anything. Please, sir. I promise, I don’t want to go to jail, I’m here.”
The police report, also obtained by PK Press Club Digital, says Coleman showed up at the scene and was arrested for resisting after refusing to identify himself. His car was found to contain smoking paraphernalia. Another sprinter, Twanisha Terry, also arrived.
Richardson and Coleman overcame their problem last year, which occurred at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on July 27, just a week before the U.S. Track and Field Championships. Coleman refused to be a victim in the case, a police report states, and made it clear he wanted to get out of the “disgusting situation.”
Richardson won an Olympic gold medal in the 2024 4×100 meter relay in Paris and she won the 100 meters at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. Richardson and Coleman both won world titles in 2023 and 2025 in their respective 4x100s.
Christian Coleman and Sha’Carri Richardson pose for portraits during a studio photo session on the sidelines of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 21, 2025. (Andre J Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images)
Richardson settled for silver in the 100 meters in Paris, while Coleman is still waiting for an Olympic medal – he won the 100 and 4×100 at the 2019 World Championships.
