Disgraced track star Marion Jones was released from prison early Friday morning, according to a U.S. federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman.
Jones, 31, served nearly the entire six months of her sentence and was released from a halfway house in San Antonio. Her sentence also included 800 hours of community service and two years’ probation.
She was sent to prison in March in Fort Worth, Texas, after admitting lying to federal investigators about her use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Jones won three gold and two bronze medals at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, becoming perhaps the most famous and marketable female athlete in the world.
After frequently denying ever having used performance-enhancing drugs, Jones admitted last year that she had lied to federal investigators in November 2003.
Jones also admitted lying about her knowledge of the involvement of Tim Montgomery, the father of one of her two children, in a scheme to cash millions of dollars worth of stolen or forged cheques.
Montgomery and several others have been convicted in that scam. Montgomery was sentenced to just under four years and faces additional prison time after pleading guilty in July to a heroin distribution charge.
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