Field Level Media
26 Jun 2026, 22:35 GMT+10
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An Idaho prosecutor has dropped drug charges against Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller.
The retired skier was charged on June 6 with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to court records obtained by People magazine and TMZ.
Miller, 48, entered a not guilty plea to the two misdemeanor charges and was released on $5,000 cash bond; a pretrial hearing had been set for July 29. After news of the arrest broke earlier this week, Miller took to social media to state that he was not in possession of anything illegal.
Lindsey Blake, the prosecuting attorney for Fremont County, issued a statement Thursday confirming the charges would be dropped.
'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,' Blake said in a statement. 'I will not be discussing the specifics of this recent information due to it being related to another active case.'
Miller was arrested after a traffic stop, according to his statement posted to social media on Tuesday.
'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's attorney, Jeremy Stafford, issued his own statement that said there was 'no evidence' against Miller.
'Nothing was found on his person and the passenger claimed ownership of all drugs found so they are being dismissed factually,' Stafford said.
Miller's six Olympic medals are more than any other male American skier and came in four different disciplines. Competing in five Winter Games (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), Miller took gold in the super combined event in 2010 at Vancouver. He also earned three silver and two bronze medals in his Olympic career.
The overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008 who collected four world championship golds in his career, Miller won 33 World Cup races -- a record for an American male. He retired from competitive skiing in 2017.
--Field Level Media
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