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Hope Solo reflects on domestic violence and drunk driving arrests on UNTOLD
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Hope Solo reflects on domestic violence and drunk driving arrests on UNTOLD

Hope Solo reflects on past arrests in her new documentary “I Punched My Sister in the Face”

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Hope Solo has her sights set on the future, but is not afraid to be brutally honest about her past.

The 43-year-old former US team goalkeeper spoke openly about her arrests for domestic violence and drunk driving in Netflix’ UNTOLD: Hope Solo vs US Soccernow available to stream.

In 2014, Solo was arrested in Kirkland, Washington, on two counts of domestic violence following an incident at her half-sister’s home involving Solo’s then-17-year-old nephew.

“That night at my sister’s, my nephew was really upset,” Solo recalls in the documentary. “He really wanted me to leave, so he grabbed me and tried to push me out the glass door.”

Hope Solo reflects on past arrests in her new documentary “I Punched My Sister in the Face”
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In a 911 call, Solo’s nephew told the operator, “Hope, Solo is becoming psychotic. She’s beating people up. We need help.”

“I remember him laying right on top of me,” Solo continued. “He’s 6’1″ and weighs 300 pounds. He grabbed this broom, swung it, and hit me in the head with it.”

Solo then described what happened when her sister Theresa Obert – Solo’s father’s daughter from a previous marriage – tried to intervene.

“My sister is trying to end it,” Solo said. “She’s holding both arms off of me. I say, ‘I’m going to hit you, Teri, if you don’t get off me.’ And I hit her. I hit my sister in the face.”

In an interview after the incident, Obert said she “spat out a piece of tooth” before instructing her son to call the police.

Charges against Solo were dropped in 2018, nearly four years after the alleged incident. Witnesses in the case reportedly wanted to move on with their lives and not participate in a trial.

In 2022, Solo was arrested for drunk driving after she was found unconscious behind the wheel of her car in a North Carolina parking lot with her two-year-old twins inside.

Hope Solo reflects on past arrests in her new documentary “I Punched My Sister in the Face”
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“I parked and waited for my husband (Jeremy Stevens), key in the ignition so I could turn on the heater,” Solo said in the documentary. “I had probably the worst day of my life.”

Solo eventually pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was sentenced to 30 days in jail and had her license suspended for 24 months. She was given 30 days credit for time spent in an inpatient rehabilitation facility following her arrest.

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“I can’t point the finger at anyone,” Solo said. “I made a bad decision, a bad mistake. That’s something I’ll have to answer for later in life to my children. That’s something I’ll never forget.”

In addition, an emotional Solo said the arrest had “finally given everyone a reason to really hate (me).”

“That’s what makes me angry,” Solo said through tears. “Because I did that. I did that.”

UNTOLD: Hope Solo vs US Soccer is now available to stream on Netflix.

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