Rich Nichols, a representative from Solo’s legal team, previously told E! News in a statement that the athlete “can’t speak about this situation” on the advice of her counsel, but “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.”
The arrest came almost eight years after Solo was charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault in the fourth degree, with one count against her half-sister and the other against her nephew, following an alleged incident at her home near Seattle. The charges, to which Solo pled not guilty, were dropped in 2018 after neither alleged victim cooperated.
Solo was elected into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in January alongside fellow players Shannon Boxx, Clint Dempsey, Marco Etcheverry, Linda Hamilton and referee Esse Baharmast.
The 2022 induction ceremony is scheduled for May 21 in Frisco, Texas.
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