Shanon Biles, the mother of US gymnast Simone Biles, says she’s hoping her famous daughter can one day forgive her for putting her and her siblings up for adoption.
Biles, 52, was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction at the time, problems that led her children in and out of the foster care system.
“It was hard to give up my kids, but I had to do what I had to do. I wasn’t able to care for them. I was still using and [my father] didn’t want me coming in and out of their lives when I wasn’t right,” Shanon Biles told The Daily Mail.
When Simone Biles was six, she and her sister Adria were adopted by their grandparents, Ronald and Nellie, in Houston, while the future gold medalist’s other siblings went to live with Ronald’s sister in Cleveland.
“I would like to make amends with Simone personally – I’m just waiting for her and [her younger sister] Adria,” Biles added in her interview with the Mail. “I speak to Adria more than I speak to Simone. I would just ask her to forgive me. Can we move forward? Don’t judge me on my past. Let’s move forward.”
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