Inside Gymnast Simone Biles' Tragic Early Days: Bio Mom Arrested For Stealing Baby Formula
Aug. 11 2016, Published 5:02 p.m. ET
As the shoo-in to win the gold medal tonight at the Olympic women's gymnastics all-around competition, Simone Biles has truly triumphed over tragedy.
America's new sweetheart, just 19, lived a tortured life with her drug and alcohol-addled biological mother before her maternal grandparents adopted her as a toddler.
After being arrested at least five times during her pregnancy with the future superstar, the troubled Shanon Biles was caught stealing clothes and even baby formula during Simone's earliest days, Breaking Celebrity News can exclusively reveal.
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According to Ohio's Franklin County Municipal Court documents exclusively obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, the now 44-year-old