{"id":607751,"date":"2026-02-17T08:02:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607751\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T08:02:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:02:31","slug":"simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-nearly-robbed-at-milan-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/607751\/","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles\u2019 husband Jonathan Owens nearly robbed at Milan Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles\u2019 husband, Jonathan Owens, said <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-says-nearly-robbed-milan-2026-winter-olympics-11907145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">someone tried to rob him<\/a> while he was visiting Milan for the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody just tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jjowens_3\/status\/2023049294698184729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">snatch my shopping bag in Milan<\/a>,\u201d Owens wrote Sunday on social media. \u201cForce of habit I had it tied around my hand, so he couldn\u2019t get it and took off running immediately\u2026.but still crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owens, a 30-year-old defensive back with the NFL\u2019s Chicago Bears, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1428609\/jonathan-owens-says-he-was-almost-robbed-in-mlian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">visiting Italy with Biles<\/a> during this year\u2019s Olympics. He said he came prepared for pickpockets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jjowens_3\/status\/2023089215567785998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">no way he could get it off my hand<\/a>, I\u2019ve seen too many TikToks of that happening so I was prepared,\u201d he wrote in a follow-up post.<\/p>\n<p>Owens also mocked the would-be thief\u2019s speed in other posts, calling it \u201chilarious how slow he started running away once he saw he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jjowens_3\/status\/2023088276400222562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">couldn\u2019t grab it out of my hand<\/a>.\u201d However, Owens said he resisted attempting to chase the man down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens attend a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers.\" width=\"3650\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1361634556.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8709102\" \/>Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens attend a game between the Houston Rockets and the Los Angeles Lakers. (Carmen Mandato\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot fast at all bro, his arms were moving faster than his legs,\u201d he wrote. \u201cShould\u2019ve seen his face once he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jjowens_3\/status\/2023088989499249050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">realized I turned around and he couldn\u2019t grab it<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biles and Owens have shared parts of their trip to Italy on social media, with Biles posting snaps from a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-treats-her-to-designer-shopping-spree-after-he-reveals-they-were-nearly-robbed-in-milan-11907263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shopping trip together<\/a>. In one post, she shared herself holding a Bottega Veneta handbag monogrammed with her initials, SBO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never knew Bottega did this, might be a special Milan thing?!\u201d Biles captioned the post. \u201cBut how f\u2014-n\u2019 cute.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simone Biles\u2019 husband, Jonathan Owens, said someone tried to rob him while he was visiting Milan for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607752,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,292,194,4066,165,6,211,58367],"class_list":["post-607751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-basketball","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nba","tag-rockets","tag-snyde"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116084928967004232","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}