Charges Dropped Against Olympian Bode Miller After Being Arrested For Drug Possession in Idaho

The misdemeanor drug charges against former Olympic skier Bode Miller have been dismissed, his lawyer confirmed to Us Weekly on Thursday, June 25.

“No drugs were found on Bode’s person,” attorney Jeromy Stafford said. “After speaking with the Prosecuting Attorney for Fremont County Idaho, Lindsey Blake, she has agreed to dismiss all charges against Bode Miller.”

Blake confirmed as much in a separate statement to Us.

“I can confirm our office is dismissing the misdemeanor charges against Mr. Miller,” she said. “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. I will not be discussing the specifics of this recent information due to it being related to another active case.”

Miller, 48, was arrested on June 6 and charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on $5,000 bond.

The former gold medalist explained via Instagram on Tuesday, June 23, that the arrest came following a traffic stop and that he expected the charges to be dropped.

“I was pulled over for accelerating while passing another vehicle on a highway in Idaho,” he wrote. “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.”

The post continued, “We fully cooperated with the officer. I am hopeful the misdemeanor charges will be dropped once the facts are reviewed.”

Miller participated in five Olympic games from 1998 to 2014, winning six total medals, including a Gold at the 2010 Vancouver Games. He retired in 2017 as the only American ski racer to medal in three or more Olympics.

Off the trail, Miller was also known during his competition days as someone vehemently opposed to his sport’s anti-doping policies and insisted that his comments resulted in him being targeted for extra testing.

“Since I started talking out about the idea, I’ve been randomly tested three times, and nobody else on my team has been tested more than once,” Miller said in 2005. “I missed one of those tests because I was about three hours down the road, driving to New York.”

In 2006, he made headlines for a 60 Minutes interview in which he admitted to competing in World Cup races while intoxicated.

“Talk about a hard challenge right there,” Miller said. “If you ever tried to ski when you’re wasted, it’s not easy … It’s like driving drunk, only there are no rules about it in ski racing.”