American Olympic skiing icon Bode Miller has had two misdemeanor drug charges against him dropped after his arrest earlier in June.
Miller, who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, was arrested and charged following an incident on June 6, three days before the anniversary of his baby daughter’s tragic death.
His attorney, Jeromy Stafford, told Daily Mail in a statement: ‘No drugs were found on Bode’s person. After speaking with the Prosecuting Attorney for Fremont County Idaho, Lindsey Blake, she has agreed to dismiss all charges against Bode Miller.’
Blake confirmed the decision from her office in a statement to the Daily Mail on Thursday afternoon.
‘Although the deputy had sufficient probable cause to arrest Mr. Miller at the beginning of June, we recently received information which resulted in our office determining it is in the interest of justice to dismiss Mr. Miller’s misdemeanor charges,’ she said.
‘I will not be discussing the specifics of this recent information due to it being related to another active case.’
Bode Miller is seen in his mugshot after arrested on drug charges in Idaho
The two misdemeanor drug charges against the former Olympian have now been dropped
His arrest came almost exactly eight years since he and wife Morgan lost their baby daughter
The Olympic great had vehemently denied the charges in a social media statement issued on Tuesday night.
He said: ‘I was pulled over for accelerating while passing another vehicle on a highway in Idaho.
‘My friend, who was traveling with me, had a small amount of cannabis and a cannabis pipe in his possession which I was unaware of. We fully cooperated with the officer.
‘I am hopeful the misdemeanor charges will be dropped once the facts are reviewed.’
Miller, who won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, posted a $5,000 cash bond after the June 6 incident.
Miller won six Olympics medals over the course of his legendary career, making him one of America’s most decorated alpine skiers.
The Easton-born athlete, who also won two overall World Cup titles, bowed out from skiing in 2017.
His arrest came almost exactly eight years after he and wife Morgan suffered the devastating loss of their baby daughter Emeline, who died after drowning in a neighbor’s swimming pool on June 9, 2018.
Their little girl, Emeline, was just 19 months old when she drowned in a backyard pool in 2018
Bode and Morgan, who wed in 2012, share six other children together, including two twin boys
Emeline was only 19 months old when the tragic incident occurred, with Morgan recently opening up on the agonizing regret that still haunts her in an exclusive interview with Daily Mail.
‘I never thought to be hyper aware of the pool in the backyard, but that’s where this is most likely to happen,’ she said. ‘When I think of what I could have done differently, I would have locked all the doors so she couldn’t get outside. I would have moved Emmy in front of me instead of the playroom to the right of me. I think about this all the time.’
One of Morgan’s biggest regrets is that Emeline used a puddle jumper – a life jacket with arm floaties – during family swims in the pool, which she believes conditioned her to believe she could swim and gave her a false sense of security.
‘She didn’t understand that it was the puddle jumper that kept her afloat,’ she said. ‘We’re putting our trust in these puddle jumpers and are exacerbating the problem. Every parent I’ve ever connected with who has lost a child to drowning used them.’
Bode and Morgan, who got married in 2012, share six other children together, including two twin boys, while the Olympian also has a son and daughter from a previous relationship.
Five years after Emeline’s heartbreaking death, the Miller family had another major scare when three of their children were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.
The American athlete won six Olympics medals over the course of his legendary career
The terrifying incident occurred when a broken hot tub was being replaced at their home, with the three kids standing on their front step when a lack of air flow in the driveway caused them to inhale too much carbon monoxide. Fortunately, all three of them made a full recovery.
It came seven months after one of their twin sons, Asher, was previously hospitalized after suffering a seizure.
Morgan revealed on her Instagram story that she rode in the back of the ambulance with her son after he had a seizure that ‘scared us half to death.’
She shared a photo of Bode lying in the hospital bed with Asher, while adding a heartfelt caption.
‘Life is constantly walking a knife edge and it’s not something we are unfamiliar with,’ Morgan began in her Instagram story post.
