Sha'Carri Richardson's boyfriend defends her after arrest for alleged assault against him

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Olympic gold medalist Sha'Carri Richardson was arrested last weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend, fellow sprinter Christian Coleman.

The couple were at the Seattle Tacoma Airport on Sunday when an officer at the airport was notified by a Transportation Security Administration supervisor of a disturbance between Richardson and Coleman, according to the police report, via The Associated Press.

Richardson is alleged to have grabbed Coleman's backpack, yanked it, shoved Coleman into a wall and threw headphones at him. The incident occurred days before the United States Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

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Sha'Carri Richardson of Team United States celebrates with Christian Coleman after winning the Women's 4x100m Relay Final during day eight of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 at the National Athletics Centre on Aug. 26, 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images for World Athletics)

Coleman declined to be a victim in the case, a police report said, and he made it very clear that he wants to move on from the "sucky situation."

In fact, Coleman believed the arrest was too far.

"I don't feel like she should have been arrested. I mean people have discussions and emotions and stuff like that. She has things that she needs to work on for herself, of course. So do I, so do you, so does everybody. But I'm the type of guy who's in the business of extending grace, and mercy and love," Coleman told reporters this weekend at the USATF event.

"I look at situations like this, take a step back, analyze it self-mentally, and then just try to see