Ex-US soccer team goalie Hope Solo, 40, is arrested for DWI and resisting arrest after being pulled over by North Carolina cops ‘with her kids in the car’
- Former US soccer team goaltender Hope Solo was arrested for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Thursday
- She pulled over in a Walmart parking lot. Cops say she was with her two children
- Solo, 40, was arrested for DWI, resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse
- She has several previous arrests, including one in 2014 in which she allegedly had a physical confrontation with her nephew. Charges were later dropped
Former US soccer team goaltender Hope Solo was arrested for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest in North Carolina, and police say her two children were in the vehicle when she was pulled over.
The two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Cup winner was arrested in a Walmart parking lot in Winston-Salem before being processed at Forsyth County jail, according to TMZ.
Solo, 40, was arrested for DWI, resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse.
Former US soccer team goaltender Hope Solo was arrested for driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest in North Carolina , and police say her two children were in the vehicle when she was pulled over
Solo, now 40, won a pair of gold medals and a World Cup with the US national team
She has several previous arrests, including a 2014 incident in which she allegedly had a physical confrontation with her nephew. However, those charges were ultimately dismissed due to a lack of cooperation from the boy, who stood 6-foot-9, and his mother, Solo’s half sister.
Solo is married to former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens. She gave birth to the couple’s twins in 2020.
Winston-Salem police did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
Solo’s attorney, Rich Nichols, gave a statement to TMZ about her arrest: ‘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.’
Hope Solo pictured with her husband, former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens
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