Goal keeper Hope Solo #1 of the United States warms up prior to faicng China at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on April 6, 2014 in Commerce City, Colorado. The United States defeated China 2-0.
SEATTLE -- Misdemeanor assault charges against Hope Solo, a goalie for the U.S. women's national soccer team and the Seattle Reign FC, were dropped Tuesday.
Solo had been charged with two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence assault following a June fight with her 17-year-old nephew and half-sister.
In June, officers responded to a 911 call for a disturbance in which a male reported that a woman would not stop “hitting people” or leave the house, the statement said.
At the home, officers heard a fight. Inside, Solo appeared “intoxicated and upset,” police said.
Police said Solo’s nephew and sister had visible injuries. After interviewing witnesses, police determined that Solo was the “primary aggressor and had instigated the assault,” the statement said.
A Kirkland Municipal Court Judge dismissed the charges Tuesday. Solo released the following statement on Facebook after the announcement: