After news of the charges against former U.S. women’s soccer star Hope Solo was made public, Rich Nichols—her lawyer—released a statement stating Solo could not speak on the current charges but that her kids are the most important thing to her.
Officers from the Winston-Salem Police Department arrested the 40-year-old retired goalkeeper for impaired driving, resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse, according to a statement from the WSPD obtained by Sports Illustrated.
“Hope [Solo] 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 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,” Nichols said in the statement.
