Janeek Brown (2019-2022)
From 2019 to 2022, Sha’Carri Richardson was in a relationship with Jamaican hurdler Janeek Brown. The pair were pretty public with their relationship, with Richardson occasionally referring to her girlfriend in interviews. After a big win in 2021, for example, she shared a sweet detail about Brown during an interview with USA Today: “My girlfriend actually picked my [hair] color. She said it like spoke to her, the fact that it was just so loud and vibrant, and that’s who I am. She just wanted me to be able to make a statement.”
But as with many relationships, things weren’t always smooth sailing. After their split, Richardson took to Instagram with some serious allegations. “I was in a relationship with a Jamaican athlete that never cared about me from the jump. I was abused and stole from, yet protected her from the judgement of her country and family while they dragged me,” she revealed at the time, according to Sportskeeda.
Brown later responded to these allegations in an Instagram Live, admitting to at least one instance of abuse: “I was abusive once that there’s physical evidence of, and we moved on, and even after then I was trying to move on from that. We still got nowhere,” she shared. The hurdler chalked up their relationship troubles to personal issues. “I was going through something. I was finding myself,” she said. Since then, Richardson has said little about this relationship, and it seems the pair have both moved on.
