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EXCLUSIVE: Simone Biles flaunts her Birkins, Range Rover and Texas mansion, but the $25million Olympic gymnast has given no hand outs to her PENNILESS birth mom who works as a cashier to make ends meet

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Simone Biles and her Mother

 

 

With seven Olympic gold medals, over two dozen world championships, and multiple endorsement deals under her belt, Simone Biles is now one of the most decorated – and highly paid – female athletes in the world.

The accomplished gymnast is reportedly sitting on a $25million fortune – a figure that will only grow thanks to her impressive showing at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

But while the 27-year-old sporting sensation enjoys the well-earned, very valuable fruits of her labor, her birth mother Shanon still lives close to the poverty line in Simone’s birthplace of Columbus, Ohio.

The mom and daughter remain estranged and have little to no contact. Simone has consistently refused to reconcile with the woman who abandoned in childhood her decades ago.

Nor, it seems has the Olympic star offered any financial assistance.

‘Of course I would accept her help,’ Shanon told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview. ‘She hasn’t [offered] it so far. I’m here. I’m okay.’

 

Simone Biles and her new car

Simone was shuffled through foster homes before her grandfather Ron Biles and his second wife Nellie adopted her as a six-year-old.

Now, an accomplished Olympic athlete, she hasn’t been shy about showing off what her prodigious talent has brought her, sharing videos and snaps treating herself to a luxury shopping spree to celebrate her successful performance at the Games this past month.

She was even forced to respond to comments from online trolls criticizing her for flaunting her wealth this week after she was seen with an Hermès handbag.

Simone Biles and her Bag

Simone clarified that the purse had actually been a gift in a cheeky Threads post on Wednesday saying: ‘My parents bought me my Hermès bag. Don’t be mad at me, be mad at your parents.’

The superstar enjoys showing off her wealth on social media, where her other designer bags, clothing, and luxury Range Rover have been featured in photos.

She also recently shared a glimpse into the ongoing construction of the Texas mansion she will share with her NFL star husband Jonathan Owens.

But the flashy and comfortable lifestyle is a far cry from that of Shanon.

Simone Biles Bags

The 52-year-old, who was forced to give up her children due to her long-running battle with drugs and alcohol, is now sober but has struggled financially, living in the same corner red-brick row house in the crime-ridden neighborhood of Franklinton.

Simone Biles tweet

Shanon initially lost her four children – Simone is the third – to foster care and then to adoption when Ron and Nellie took Simone and her sister Adria to live with them in Texas.

She was later forced to respond to comments from online trolls criticizing her for flaunting her wealth in Threads post this week

Her two eldest children Tevin, now 29 and Ashley, now 34, were taken in by Ron’s sister.

Since then, she has racked up a string of debts as well as offenses that have seen her in and out of the courts for three decades.

According to a Chapter Seven bankruptcy petition filed in October 2018, Shanon said she didn’t have a dollar to her name and just $34 on a prepaid card.

Among her assets were two unusable cars – a totaled Toyota Scion XB 2008 and a non-roadworthy GMC Sierra 2003 – worth a combined $2,125.

She also claimed homeware, electronics, clothes, shoes and jewelry worth $9,650 and even listed her dog, cat, and guinea pig.

Shanon Biles

Shanon claimed that her home was worth just $9,684.

She owed $14,234 to 21 companies, including medical and financial services, shopping websites, and a $3,834 student loan.

Shanon also reported that she earned $1,688-a-month, with expenses totaling $1,685.

The debt was eventually cleared in February the following year after striking an agreement to repay her main creditor, finance firm Integrity Funding Ohio LLC, in installments.

But the money problems have continued, with Shanon being sued by debt collecting agency LVNV Funding LLC in 2021 with a judgement against her to pay off $916.25.

Despite installments being collected through her wages she was still paying it off up to December 2023.

‘But there’s a way [to recovery]. You have to learn to stay away from people, places and things. Change your routine and live your life. Live your best life.’

When asked how her life looks today Shanon speaks with the caution that comes with recovery: ‘I’m not working right now because of medical issues but when I do work, I work as a cashier at Save A Lot.

‘I’m not the person I used to be. I’m okay, today. I’m a loving person. I’d give you the shirt off my back. I’m very different from what I’ve been portrayed.’

But however much she may have changed over the years, the distance between her and Simone has not.

Their thin relationship is characterized not by conflict so much as by absence – primarily the absence of any direct communication.

Simone Biles and her Mother

Simone’s biological father, Kevin Clemons who lives in Cleveland has no contact with his daughter either and struggled with his own addiction problems in the past.

Shanon is still in touch with him and, she said, he too would love to rebuild a relationship with his famous daughter.

Shanon said, ‘We both want to see her. I talk to him all the time. He says, ‘If you talk to Simone, give her my number. I’d love to talk to her.’ But I can’t even talk to her. I have to go through my dad.’

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