Hope Solo, a former goalkeeper for the US women’s national soccer team, was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of her car with her 2-year-old twins in a Walmart parking lot in North Carolina.
Police in Winston-Salem arrested the 40-year-old on Thursday on charges of driving while impaired, resisting a public officer, and misdemeanor child abuse, the Associated Press reported.
Solo had allegedly been passed out for more than an hour with the engine of the vehicle running while her two young children were in the backseat when she was noticed by a passerby.
AP reported that a responding officer with the Winston-Salem police department arrived at the scene and could smell alcohol on her breath. When he attempted to administer a field sobriety test, Solo refused, and a blood sample was taken instead.
Solo was released from jail and is scheduled to appear in court on June 28.
Rich Nichols, an attorney for the double Olympic gold medalist, posted a statement on Solo’s Instagram account Friday, saying there was more to the story than what the charges suggested, but that his client could not speak about what happened.
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/adeonibada/hope-solo-arrest-child-abuse-drunk-driving
