India, July 9 -- "They think I'm drunk...," an unconvincing Mary Lou Retton, 57-year-old former Olympian, can be seen saying on the phone in the newly released bodycam footage of her arrest on May 27 at a West Virginia parking lot. Retton, a former gymnast who rose to fame with her gold medal at the 1984 LA Olympics, was pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence. Looking visibly drunk, she tries to convince the officers that she is not intoxicated and fails bizarrely.

The bodycam footage was obtained and reported on by the tabloid Entertainment Tonight on Monday. The report contained a statement from Retton where she took "full responsibility" for her actions. " What happened was completely unacceptable. I make no excuses,...