Note of the editors: This story contains a description of alleged domestic violence.
A week after reports that Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the video of the incident was created. Richardson was arrested after a fight with her boyfriend and was accused of fourth degree domestic attack. The case has since been deleted.
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TMZ published security images of the incident, which took place on July 27. The images repeatedly shows Richardson her friend, colleague sprinter Christian Coleman, while they walked around the airport. At one point Richardson Coleman pushed in a large pole.
The police arrested Richardson after viewing security images of the fight. The sprinter was held that evening in South Correctional Entity in des Moines, Washington and stayed there almost 24 hours before he was released on July 28, according to the prison records.
Coleman reportedly refused after the incident charging. Coleman and Richardson publicly started their relationship in February, although Coleman reportedly said the police that the two have been together for two years.
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According to Washington's state law, calls with regard to domestic violence require compulsory arrest if the police respond within four hours after the incident.
After the incident, Richardson took part in the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon last weekend. Despite the fact that he continued to the semi-finals of the 100-meter race of the 100-meter last Thursday, Richardson later withdrew from that competition.
She was then part of the 200-meter race on Sunday, but did not fall on the cut to continue to the final in the event.
The moment reports came about the arrest, USatf told usa Today that it was aware of the incident, but did not give any extra comments. The organization still has to respond after the release of the security video.
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As a reigning world champion in the 100 meters, Richardson will automatically qualify in September for the event at the World Championships in Tokyo.
