{"id":1517966,"date":"2026-06-24T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=d61e9c8fcfbcafb22399625cc536a219"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:56:23","slug":"olympian-bode-miller-arrested-on-drug-possession-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1517966","title":{"rendered":"Olympian Bode Miller arrested on drug possession charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/bf0dd19ed1b43b5719e6634824da9349.jpg\" alt\/><figcaption>Bode Miller attends the Kitz Legends Night at Hotel Grand Tirolia Kitzbuehel on January 21, 2026 in Kitzbuehel, Austria. (Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>(NEW YORK) -- Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested earlier this month on drug-related charges, according to court documents.<\/p><p>The American alpine ski racer was arrested in Idaho on two misdemeanor charges, including possession of a controlled substance and another for possession of drug paraphernalia, the documents noted.<\/p><p>Miller was released on a $5,000 cash bond, the records said. He pleaded not guilty to both charges after his arrest, according to the documents.<\/p><p>Miller's agent referred ABC News to a statement posted to his Instagram.<\/p><p>\"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 cannabis pipe in his possession which I was unaware of,\" Miller wrote.<\/p><p>He noted that they fully cooperated with the officer, and expressed hope that the misdemeanor charges will be dropped \"once the facts are reviewed.\"<\/p><p>In a statement to ABC News, the lead prosecutor confirmed that Miller was issued a citation and the misdemeanor offenses, but declined to make additional comments.<\/p><p>Miller is considered as one of the greatest alpine skiers in U.S. history. He is a six-time Olympic medalist and two-time overall World Cup champion.<\/p><p>His success in the sport also helped popularize skiing in the U.S.<\/p><p>Miller is married to professional beach volleyball player Morgan Beck and the couple share six children together.<\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bode Miller attends the Kitz Legends Night at Hotel Grand Tirolia Kitzbuehel on January 21, 2026 in Kitzbuehel, Austria. (Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) &#8212; Olympic gold medalist Bode Miller was arrested earlier this month on drug-related&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":374,"featured_media":1517972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/bf0dd19ed1b43b5719e6634824da9349.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-hold"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 12:53:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/bf0dd19ed1b43b5719e6634824da9349.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1517966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517977,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517966\/revisions\/1517977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1517966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1517966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1517966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}