Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was discovered handed out behind the wheel of a car in North Carolina along with her 2-year-old twins inside, police mentioned.
A police report mentioned Solo was arrested on Thursday in a shopping mall parking zone in Winston-Salem and charged with driving whereas impaired, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor youngster abuse. She has been launched from jail and has a court docket date of June 28, the report indicated.
In keeping with an arrest warrant, a passerby observed Solo handed out behind the steering wheel for greater than an hour with the car’s engine working and the 2 kids within the backseat. A responding officer may scent alcohol, and the warrant mentioned that Solo refused a subject sobriety check and that her blood was drawn as an alternative.
Wealthy Nichols, a Texas-based lawyer who represents Solo, launched an announcement Friday however did not reply to particular questions on the fees, and mentioned his consumer would not reply, both.
“On the advice of counsel, Hope can’t speak about this situation, but she wants everyone to know that her kids are her life, that she was released immediately and is now at home with her family, that the story is more sympathetic than the initial charges suggest, and that she looks forward to her opportunity to defend these charges,” Nichols said.
Solo was dismissed from the national team following the 2016 Olympics in Brazil after calling the Swedish team “cowards” for taking a defensive stance towards the defending gold medalists, ending a laudable enjoying profession that was additionally marred by controversy.
She was suspended for 30 days in early 2015 after she and husband Jerramy Stevens have been pulled over in a U.S. Soccer-owned van and Stevens was charged with DUI. She was additionally benched after publicly questioning coach Greg Ryan’s choice to start out Briana Scurry towards Brazil in the course of the 2007 World Cup, feedback many noticed as a slight towards Scurry.
Solo was additionally concerned in an altercation with relations in 2014 that resulted in Solo’s arrest, though fees in that case have been finally dropped.
Solo made 202 appearances with the nationwide group, with 153 wins and an international-record 102 shutouts. She received a World Cup title and two Olympic gold medals with the group.
In the course of the 2015 World Cup championship run, she allowed simply three targets in seven video games with 5 shutouts. She was elected to the U.S. Soccer Corridor of Fame in January. The induction ceremony is ready for Might 21.
Solo married Stevens, a former tight finish for the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in 2012. The couple have twins, Vittorio Genghis and Lozen Orianna Judith Stevens, born on March 4, 2020.
