Olympian’s life destroyed after she ‘forgot to pay for asparagus and ham’

A erstwhile Olympian has said her beingness was destroyed aft being accused of theft erstwhile she forgot to scan a mates of items astatine a Walmart self-checkout machine.

Meaggan Pettipiece, 48, was arrested successful Indiana connected March 28 for theft, possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance erstwhile a Walmart information defender reported that the Canadian jock had not scanned asparagus and ham astatine the self-checkout.

Police searched the US assemblage softball coach, and recovered 3 disposable vapes successful her bag, on with 2 unopened blister packs containing anti-nausea medication, the US outlet the National Post reported.

The charges against Pettipiece were dropped connected September 19, but she mislaid her prestigious occupation and says her vocation and estimation person been ruined.

The shot manager had paid for items worthy $167, but constabulary recovered $67 worthy of items, including asparagus and ham, were not scanned.

‘It is bittersweet,’ Pettipiece told National Post.

‘I’m happy, obviously, the charges were dismissed. 

‘The bittersweet portion is the harm it did to my career. It has changed everything successful my life.

‘It’s been 5 months, a surviving nightmare. I mislaid my career, I mislaid my job, the beingness I was gathering and it’s been truly difficult.’ 

The vapes and nausea medicine were uncovered by constabulary erstwhile she was searched.

The erstwhile jock said the vapes did not incorporate nicotine oregon THC, and the medicine was prescribed to an adjunct manager who had asked her to clasp them erstwhile they went to a softball game.

‘The softball assemblage is simply a tightknit radical and it (the news) went done similar wildfire,’ Pettipiece continued.

‘You truly bash larn who the radical are that truly judge successful you and spot you and are genuinely a person for you.’

Pettipiece resigned from the Valparaiso Beacons softball team on April 1, little than a week aft her arrest.

Court proceedings pursuing her apprehension were delayed, until her lawyers petition for dismissal had been approved and the lawsuit was dropped connected September 19.

The erstwhile caput manager represented Canada successful softball astatine the 2000 Sydney Games.

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