Sha’Carri Richardson Says She Was In A Relationship With A Jamaican Athlete Who Abused & Stole From Her

Sha’Carri Richardson Says She Was In A Relationship With A Jamaican Woman Who Abused & Stole From Her

Track and field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, is heartbroken and she took time to pour her heart out on social media.

“I don’t understand how someone can just walk out of your life and not care about you anymore,” a post she shared on her story reads.

Adding her own, she wrote; “I was in a relationship with a Jamaican athlete that never cared about me from jump. I was abused and stole from yet I protected her from the judgement of her country and family while they dragged me.”

 

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She continued, “I had to deal with homophobic and so much more that I’m still healing from.”

Sha’Carri Richardson then shared pic of herself and the supposed Jamaican woman she was in a relationship with, writing; “Protect yourself because I was in love with a whole heart.”

Richardson rose to fame in 2019 as a freshman at Louisiana State University, running 10.75 seconds to break the 100 m record at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championships. This winning time made her one of the ten fastest women in history at 19 years old.

In April 2021, Richardson ran a new personal best of 10.72 seconds, becoming the sixth fastest woman of all time and the fourth fastest American woman in history. She qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning the women’s 100-meter dash with 10.86 in the United States Olympic Trials.

On July 1, it was reported that Richardson had tested positive for cannabis use following her 100 m final at the U.S. Trials, invalidating her win and making her ineligible to compete in the 100 m at the Olympics. After successfully completing a counseling program, she accepted a one-month period of ineligibility that began on June 28, 2021.