Simone Biles said three masked men stole her Porsche GTS during her final months living in Chicago, an account the gold medal-winning gymnast shared with followers on TikTok and that spread through coverage by the Washington Times and other outlets.
The Washington Times, posting from the account @WashTimes, reported that Biles described the theft on TikTok and that the car was later recovered. In a separate post, the same account noted that the incident prompted Biles and her husband, Jonathan Owens, to get a Doberman for protection.
Biles framed the episode as a story she had not yet fully told. According to coverage of her remarks, she teased the theft as a "story for another time" and said it was one reason the couple brought the dog into their home.
The account reached readers through several channels. Beyond the Washington Times posts, coverage of the same subject circulated under headlines including "'I Feel Like I Need A Reality TV Show!' — Simone Biles Reveals 3 Masked Men Stole Porsche From Chicago Home" and "Simone Biles' Porsche Stolen From Chicago Home." Another outlet, Stuff, carried a separate report on Owens, under the headline "'Oh, you're Mr Biles': Simone Biles' husband reveals toll of brutal backlash."
In that report, Owens described himself as "unbothered" when his earlier comments about his wife touched off an online storm, and he went on to reveal how much the criticism actually affected him. The two threads — the account of the stolen car and Owens' reflections on public criticism — were picked up alongside each other as outlets worked the same set of remarks.
Biles' account, as reported, places the theft in Chicago, during the final months she lived there. She said the men who took the vehicle were masked, and she identified the car as a Porsche GTS. The Washington Times reported that the car was later recovered, while noting that the episode still led the couple to seek added protection at home in the form of a Doberman.
What remains unclear from the public remarks is a range of specifics: the exact date of the theft, the neighborhood or address where it occurred, whether anyone was arrested or charged, and the circumstances of the car's recovery. None of those details were included in the accounts that circulated.
The story is unusual less for the crime itself than for the window it offers into how a public figure's personal security decisions become part of the national conversation. Biles, the most decorated gymnast in American history, moved from the Chicago area as her career and marriage reshaped her life, and the theft she described became one of the factors she cited in the couple's decision to get a guard dog.
Owens' separate remarks added another layer. According to the Stuff report, he had called himself "unbothered" amid backlash over comments about his wife, then acknowledged how deeply the criticism had landed. That candor, too, traveled across outlets and social platforms as readers responded to both the security story and the couple's public back-and-forth with their audience.
The posts from @WashTimes did not quote Biles directly beyond describing what she shared on TikTok. Coverage elsewhere characterized her tone as light — she joked that the saga made her feel like she needed a reality television show — even as the underlying facts remained her account alone.
Next News Network could not independently verify the claim that three masked men stole the Porsche or that the vehicle was recovered.
What is documented is the sequence of public statements: Biles spoke on TikTok, @WashTimes reported what she said, and other outlets carried the story forward. The result is a narrative that now includes the theft, the recovery, the Doberman, and Owens' reflections on fame and criticism — all of it sourced to the couple's own public remarks rather than to any independent confirmation.
For readers, the practical takeaway is familiar: a celebrity's account of a crime is her account, and the details that would allow outside verification — police reports, court records, timestamps — have not been part of what has been shared. The story's spread says more about interest in Biles and Owens than it does about the state of any investigation.
The couple has not elaborated publicly beyond what Biles said on TikTok and what Owens said in the interview coverage. Whether more details will follow remains an open question.
Our Take
There is a version of this story that is simply a celebrity telling her followers about a frightening night, and there is the version that has circulated widely — a Chicago crime story with a Porsche, masked men and a Doberman. The second version is the one readers are absorbing, and it rests entirely on Biles' own account, repeated across outlets that had no independent reporting of their own. That is worth saying plainly, not because Biles has any reason to mislead, but because the modern news cycle treats a TikTok anecdote as a settled event the moment enough accounts repeat it. The security detail — a guard dog purchased after a break-in — is a personal decision, and a reasonable one. The broader lesson is about how quickly a claim becomes a fact in the retelling, and how rarely anyone stops to ask what a police report would show. If the story matters, the records matter too. Until then, it is her word, widely carried, and nothing more.
