Olympian Sha'Carri Richardson pleads with officer to ‘work with me’ during speeding arrest: ‘I’m begging you’

U.S. track star Sha'Carri Richardson pleads with an officer not to arrest her after being clocked at 104 mph on a Florida highway, according to body-camera footage. (Credit: Orange County Sheriff’s Office)

Bodycam footage obtained by Fox News Digital showed Olympic gold medal 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 flashing her brights at the car in front of her and announced that Richardson's Aston Martin topped 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 would wipe that smile off your face," the sergeant told Richardson upon approaching her passenger window. "You're being stopped for dangerous, excessive speed."

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Sha'Carri Richardson of Team United States looks on after failing to qualify for the Final during the Women's 100 Metres Semi-Finals on day two of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on Sept. 14, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.  (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

Richardson said her back tire was at 29 PSI and that her phone slipped, switching the mode in her car and causing her to speed. That did not please McDaniels.

"You're driving at 104 miles an hour in a 65 mile-an-hour zone with subpar equipment, flashing people to get out of your lane, following too close, using every lane to pass everybody, cutting me off, passing a car on the inside shoulder with your hazard lights on. You're going to jail for dangerous excessive speeding," he said.

Richardson replied that she did not know she was speeding, to