HOPE LOST: Hope Solo booked on DWI, child abuse, resisting arrest charges

HI. CAN YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME? ARE YOU OKAY? INTERNATIONAL SOCCER STAR PASSED OUT BEHIND THE WHEEL IN A WALMART PARKING LOT. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DRINK TONIGHT? YOU SURE? TODDLERS INSIDE, SWEETHEART HI ENDED IN A CONFRONTATION WITH WINSTON SALEM . POLICE TOUCH ME. TOUCH ME AGAIN. I'LL TAKE YOU IN JAIL CHILL TO PUT THEM IN THIS POSITION MAN AFTER A LONG LEGAL BATTLE FOR THE POLICE RECORDINGS , WE NOW KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT HOPE SOLO WENT TO JAIL NOW UNDER ARREST FOR RESIST DELAY, OBSTRUCT OF AN OFFICE. QUEENS CITY NEWS STARTS. IN MARCH. WINSTON SALEM POLICE CHARGED 41 YEAR OLD HOPE AMELIA STEVENS, KNOWN TO THE WORLD AS HOPE SOLO, WITH DRUNKEN DRIVING , CHILD ABUSE AND RESISTING ARREST. THE ARREST MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES IN THE OLYMPIC SUPERSTAR EVENTUALLY CHECKED HERSELF INTO REHAB. THE VIDEO FROM THAT NIGHT WAS JUST RELEASED TWO QUEEN CITY NEWS THROUGH A COURT ORDER. IT HELPS. ALL THOSE ARRESTS ALSO HIGHLIGHTS HOW NORTH CAROLINA POLICE AND PROSECUTORS CAN BLOCK THE PUBLIC FROM SEEING BODY CAMERA RECORDINGS DOCUMENTING POLICE CONDUCT. IT TOOK US MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OF COURT BATTLES TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT IN WINSTON SALEM, HERE'S CHIEF INVESTIGATOR JODY BARR, WITH TONIGHT'S HOPE LOST SPECIAL REPORT. THIS IS HOW WINSTON SALEM POLICE FOUND HOPE SOLO ON MARCH 31ST. SOMEONE SAW HER SLEEPING WITH HER CAR RUNNING WITH THEIR TWINS INSIDE FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR. PEOPLE WERE KIND OF CONCERNS AND YOU GUYS WERE OUT HERE SLEEPING AND WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE OKAY. OKAY. WHAT'S GOING ON? ARE YOU SLEEPING OUT HERE IN THE PARKING LOT? WHERE DO YOU LIVE? 13 24 CO. TWO VIDEO SHOWS. THE OFFICER WAS IMMEDIATELY SUSPICIOUS THAT HE WAS DEALING WITH A DRUNK DRIVER KIDS, OKAY? WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING IN THE PARKING LOT? OKAY. WHERE DO YOU LIVE? HOW MUCH YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING TODAY. MY TURN THE CAR OFF FIRST. GONNA GO FIRST. YES, I OKAY, WELL, HOW MUCH HAVE YOU DRINK TONIGHT? YOU SURE? YOU CONSTANTLY. I'M ASKING HOW MUCH HAVE YOU HAD TO DRINK ASKED ME. HOW MUCH ARE YOU FIRING? I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE TALKING TO ME. HOW MUCH HAVE YOU HAD TO DRINK TONIGHT? ZERO ALCOHOL. YOU HAVE YOUR I D WITH YOU? SORRY. I'M JUST. CAN YOU GET THAT FROM ME? PLEASE? CAN YOU DO THAT NOW, PLEASE? THANK YOU. BUT SOLO DIDN'T INSTEAD OF HANDING HER IDEA OVER. SHE CONTINUE SCROLLING ON HER PHONE. HELLO. HAVE OF THEMSELVES. INMATE OF PHONE CALL. OH WHILE THE OFFICER WAITED AT HER WINDOG LOT. HERE, BUT. SOLO TELLS THE OFFICER. SHE'S GOING TO RECORD HIM, BUT SHE STILL DOESN'T HAND HER IDEA OVER. OKAY JUST CONCERNED WHEN YOU ROLL UP THE WINDOW, I COULD SHOW ALCOHOL CAN I CAN SMELL SWEET ODOR IT I'LL CALL COMMUNITY FROM THEY AND YOUR EYES ARE TELLING ME SOMETHING ABOUT LOOKING AT 2 28 0 ALCOHOL SEVEN, CHARLES. OKAY, 7 78. RUNNING TODAY. WHEN YOU GET YOUR IDEA, PLEASE, ADVISERS VERY DARK INTO WINDOWS. YOU'RE ON YOUR PHONE. YOU GET YOUR I D FOR ME, PLEASE. IT'S TRUE, RIGHT ? SO YOU DO AND YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH POLICE WHEN THEY'RE ASKING YOU FOR YOUR ID. CAN YOU PLEASE GET THAT FOR ME? WERE YOU TRYING TO COME WHERE YOU COMING FROM, ANYWAY? WHERE YOU COMING FROM? SECOND CITY OFFICER PULLS UP. YOU GOT TWO KIDS. SHE WAS PASSED OUT ASLEEP IN THE FRONT SEAT BACK THEN. 10 FOURTY MORTALITY IN IT LIKE SHE WANTS, SHE SAID. JUST SLEEPING. I WAS JUST SLEEPING. YOU COULD SMELL LIKE THE ODOR. SWEET AROMA ANYWAY, COMING FROM INSIDE THAT 12 LIKE ALCOHOL. SHE'S COMPLETELY OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. THE OFFICERS RETURNED SOLO HANDS HER IDEA OVER AND BEGINS ARGUING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. I JUST I WAS GOING TO TAKE A NAP. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE I'M COMING FROM, BUT I AM HAD NOTHING. NO BUT IT'S BEEN ON NOT BEEN ON. YES, IT WAS. DOESN'T SAY TURN THE CAR OFF RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. NOR WAS NOT OFF. THE SECOND OFFICER TAKES OVER WHILE THE INITIAL OFFICER LEAVES TO RUN SOLOS LICENSE ALL WHILE THE SOCCER STAR CONTINUES LOOKING THROUGH HER PHONE. COMING UP. I CAN DO THIS OUT OF THE VEHICLE WILL MAKE YOU STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I'M ASKING YOU NICELY. DON'T CAUSE A SCENE IN FRONT OF KIDS. YES, I CAN. I CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS. STEP ON ANOTHER VEHICLE. STEP ON OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR ME STEP ON OUT, CALLING YOU OUT. AGAIN. YOU HAVE TWO KIDS IN THIS CAR. YOU HAVE TWO KIDS IN THIS CAR. DON'T EMBARRASS YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS STEP OUT OF THE CAR. TELL ME WHY IT'S STEP OUT THE CAR SO I CAN SO I CAN MAKE SURE YOU ARE SOBER AND ABLE TO BE COMPETENT ADULT IN FRONT OF THE KIDS. OKAY, THEN STEP OUT OF THE CAR. BECAUSE YOU SMELL LIKE ALCOHOL PASSED OUT IN THE CAR WITH A NAP ON STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE ASKING YOU AGAIN. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL MY ATTORNEY FOR THE OFFICER ASKS SOLO TO TAKE FIELD SOBRIETY TEST, BUT SHE REFUSES ATTORNEY. YOU'RE NOT CALLING YOUR ATTORNEY ANYONE. RIGHT NOW . RIGHT NOW, THE TWO THINGS YOU'RE GONNA DO IS YOU'RE GONNA STAND HERE. DO YOU CONSENT TO PROVIDING FIELD SOBRIETY TEST? YES I DID NOT COMPLYING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW. COME HOME . YOU'RE NOT. YOU'RE NOT KIDS IN THE CAR AND MADE THEM CRY. CRY NOW BECAUSE YOU WON'T COMPLY WAS ON THE CAR WAS NOT ANSWERED. THE OFFICERS GOT A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A BLOOD DRAW AND TOOK HER TO AN E. M S STATION TOGETHER TWO VIALS OF BLOOD IN JAIL. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. AND YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK NOW. YOU ARE NOW UNDER ARREST FOR RESIST DELAY OBSTRUCT OF AN OFFICER TRYING TO INVESTIGATE SOMETHING AND YOU'RE NOT BEING COLLABORATIVE RIGHT NOW. COMING UP. I DON'T NEED YOU TOUCH ME BY MYSELF. POLICE CHARGE HOPE SOLO WITH D U I CHILD ABUSE AND RESISTING ARREST AS SHE BEGINS HER LEGAL BATTLE TO AVOID JAIL HER HIGH PROFILE CRIMINAL LAWYERS. TEAM UP WITH WINSTON SALEM POLICE TO KEEP THIS VIDEO FROM THE PUBLIC. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF MS SOLOS? CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS TO YOUR OFFICES? THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T NEED YOU TOUCH ME. LET'S GO BLOCK BY MYSELF. ALRIGHT, THAT'S COOL. BECAUSE I WILL HAVE A COMPLAINT THAT YOU CATCH ME INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHING. WINSTON SALEM POLICE OFFICER WALKED HOPE SOLO OUT OF AN M S STATION AFTER MEDICS TOOK BLOOD SAMPLES. THE TEST SHOWED SOLOS, BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION AT 0.243 TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT. SHE ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR DELTA NINE THC. THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN MARIJUANA WILL GET IN THE CAR IF YOU ASK ME NICELY. WE'VE DONE THIS GAME WILL GET IN THE CAR. YOU DON'T NEED TO TOUCH ME. NO IDEA LOVING THIS. AREN'T YOU KNOW? DON'T YOU? LOVE IT? LOVE IT EVERY MOMENT OF THAT. SHE'S THEN TAKEN FROM THE AMS STATION TO THE FORSYTH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHILE SOLO CONTINUE SWEARING AT THE OFFICER. PARKING LOT. AFTER THAT, THEY DON'T. MAN GET INTO DEBT. NOT TONIGHT. MOST ACTUALLY DON'T DO THAT. HE KNOWS. MEANWHILE POLICE STAYED BEHIND WITH SOLOS CHILDREN AND WAITED FOR HER HUSBAND TO COME. PICK THEM UP. REMEMBER THE PHONE THE OFFICER SNATCHED IN THE PARKING LOT. UM, I'M IN THE BACK OF A CAR. HOPE SOLO WAS SITTING IN THE BACK OF THE POLICE CAR, MAKING CALLS ON IT DURING HER RIDE TO JAIL. OKAY? PLEASE LEAN BACK FOR ME. TOUCH ME. IT'S BEEN LIKE. MY FATHER IS IN THERE. ONCE AND FORWARD. YOU HAVE YOUR CHARGER. IT'S IN YOUR HANDS. IT'S REALLY HARD WHEN YOUR HAND CLOSED, BUT SOLO STAYED ON THE PHONE ALL THE WAY FROM THE SQUAD CAR INTO THE JAIL, AND EVEN WHILE SHE WAITED TO BE PROCESSED. ITS OFFICERS ARE A BUNCH OF. THE MONEY. NONE OF THE VIDEO RECORDINGS WE WERE PROVIDED SHOW THE OFFICERS HAD ANY IDEA WHO THEY'D ARRESTED. FAMILIA STEVENS IS A WORLD CUP CHAMPION AND TWO TIME OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AND HAS A MASSIVE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWING TOPPING FOUR MILLION. THE OFFICERS HAD NO IDEA UNTIL THEY GOT TO THE JAIL. YOU KNOW? GONNA GO DOWN. OKAY? IN THAT. FOR THE BUCCANEERS. I HATE MY LIFE RIGHT NOW. THE LAST THING I WANT TO BE FAMOUS. DID YOU SEE THAT? WE DIDN'T KNOW DEALING WITH A NEW BECAUSE SHE HAS A DIFFERENT LAST NAME BECAUSE I KNEW THE WAY DOWN HERE RATHER ALSO DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW, OFFICER BLUECREST OFFICERS EVENTUALLY BOOKED SOLO, MEASURED HER HEIGHT WEIGHT AND TRIED TO DOCUMENT HER TATTOOS. FEW MINUTES LATER, THE OFFICER WALKS SOLO BACK INTO THE BOOKING ROOM WHERE SHE POSES FOR MUG SHOTS AND HIS FINGERPRINTED. SO SORRY YOU HAD NOTHING ELSE TO DO TONIGHT. HOPE I WAS VERY ENTERTAINING FOR YOU BECAUSE I KNOW ADVANCE. BLESSED YOU WITH MY PRESENCE. THAT'S WHAT I DO. YOUR KIDS TAKE CARE PANTS AMAZING CHARACTER HUSBAND HAD THE BEST MOTHER AND THE BEST HUSBAND, FATHER IN THE BIRTH. GOOD DON'T EVEN BEEN SAVING THAT. I'M NOT AN AMAZING MURRAY PIECE OF HE SAYS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I DO EVERY DAY. SOMETHING WHAT DO YOU DO? RELAX. RELAX YOUR HANDS SO THAT YOU CAN FINGERPRINT YOU AND SEE ME ON THE GRANDMOTHER. YOU VIDEO. I HAVE NOT ONCE SAID THAT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANYBODY THAT WILL SAY AMAZING MOTHER MANDATE, OKAY, EVERY. BUT HONEY. YEAH YEAH, I WANT TO PUT MY TOE CHILDREN. WITHOUT A TRANSPLANT. CHILDREN IN DANGER WAS YOUR INCREASE OFFICERS CALLING IN MY CAR PERFORMANCE. THAT FALLING IN A CAR. HMM HMM. HMM. NOT SEARCH WARRANT. POLICE OFFICERS ARE CRAWLING IN MY CAR LIKE MY KIDS CRY RIGHT AS I PULLED OVER TO TAKE A NAP. THAT'S COOL. WHEN YOU GET THEM ALL? MY MOM. GOOD JOB, BUDDY. WANT SOME GOOD IN THE WORLD, RIGHT? YOU'RE DOING CUTS BACK ON MY PHONE. NOPE NOPE . NOPE AS FOR THE VIDEO UNDER NORTH CAROLINA LAW, WE HAD TO SUE THE WINSTON SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FOUR SOUTH COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TO SEE IT. IT TOOK SEVEN TRIPS TO THE COURTHOUSE IN WINSTON SALEM EACH TIME POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY LORI SYKES AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY PIN BROYHILL THOUGHT RELEASE. OF THE POLICE RECORDINGS FOR THE RUSH. SEND THE FIRE ISLAND. WE FILED THREE OTHER LAWSUITS THIS YEAR TO SEE DASH CAMERA VIDEOS OF CONGRESSMAN MADISON CAWTHORN IS RUN INS WITH STATE TROOPERS SINCE NORTH CAROLINA POLICE VIDEOS ARE NOT PUBLIC RECORDS, THE LEGISLATURE FORCES THE PUBLIC TO SUE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SEE THESE VIDEOS DESPITE SECTION 14 OF THE STATE CONSTITUTION, DECLARING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OF THE PRESS ARE TWO OF THE GREAT BULWARKS OF LIBERTY, AND THERE THEREFORE, SHALL NEVER BE RESTRAINED. BUT EVERY PERSON SHALL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR ABUSE. IN WINSTON SALEM, HOPE SOLO'S OWN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS SAT ALONGSIDE POLICE ATTORNEY LORI SYKES WORKING TOGETHER TO KEEP THE VIDEOS FROM THE PUBLIC. EVEN MET WAS SOLOS, CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS AND A LOCKED COURTHOUSE HALLWAY BEFORE ONE OF THOSE HEARINGS, ATTORNEY SYKES REPRESENTS THE SAME POLICE AGENCY. WORKING TO PROSECUTE HOPE SOLO. SOLOS LEGAL TEAM INCLUDED CHRIS CLIFTON'S A LOCAL ATTORNEY, AND JAMES TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S D. C LAWYER WHO'S ALSO HELPING THE FORMER PRESIDENT. FIGHT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS MARA LAGO RAID. FABULOUS. THE BEST I'VE EVER SEEN YOU QUITE THE LITIGATOR. IMMEDIATE SEVEN TRIPS TO COURT SOLOS. ATTORNEYS INCLUDING SYKES AND ASSISTANT D A. BROYHILL THOUGHT TO BLOCK THE RELEASE OF THESE RECORDINGS, SOME OF THEIR REASONS TO PRESERVE SOLOS RIGHT TO A FAIR TRIAL TO PROTECT HER CHILDREN'S IDENTITIES AND TO PROTECT HOPE SOLO'S REPUTATION THE JUDGE EVENTUALLY CITED WITH QUEEN CITY NEWS AND ORDERED POLICE AND THE D A TO RELEASE PORTIONS OF THE RECORDINGS. ONCE SOLOS CRIMINAL CASES WERE SETTLED. THINGS WERE FINALLY RELEASED A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO. CAN WE TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY THE STATE IN THE WEST OF SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUGHT SO HARD TO KEEP THIS VIDEO IN THE BLINK OF SOMEONE YOU CHARGED WITH CRIMES. WE LOVE OUR POLICE CHIEF KATRINA, THOMPSON IGNORED MULTIPLE INTERVIEW REQUESTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE PD HAS A POLICY ON ARRESTS HANGING ONTO THEIR CELL PHONES AND MAKING PERSONAL CALLS WHILE IN CUSTODY . POLICE DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY SYKES LATER CONFIRMED IN AN EMAIL. THE DEPARTMENT HAS NO POLICY THAT IS A MATTER IN THE OFFICER'S DISCRETION BASED ON THE TYPE OF MATTER BEING HANDLED AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT CONSIDERATIONS, SYKES WROTE. WE ALSO WANTED THE CHIEF TO EXPLAIN THIS CONNECTION. WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP OF MS SOLOS? CRIMINAL ATTORNEYS TO YOUR OFFICES? IS THERE ANYTHING AT ALL? YOU WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW ABOUT. YOU GUYS FIGHTING THE RELEASE OF THIS VIDEO. IT'S NOT ATYPICAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO OBJECT OR OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF THESE RECORDINGS. WHAT IS A TYPICAL IS HAVING TO COME SEVEN TIMES IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. FIRST AMENDMENT ATTORNEY MIKE TODDY REPRESENTED QUEEN CITY NEWS AND THE SOLO POLICE RECORDINGS LAWSUIT, TODDY ARGUED, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO SEE POLICE VIDEOS IN PART TO JUDGE WHETHER POLICE FOLLOWED THEIR OWN POLICIES AND THE LAW AND THE DOZENS OF POLICE CASES HE'S HANDLED ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA. DADDY SAYS HE'S NEVER SEEN TWO SIDES OPPOSING EACH OTHER IN A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION . UNITING IN A CASE LIKE THIS, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT'S UNUSUAL. INTERESTINGLY I THINK THE ONLY OTHER TIMES IT'S HAPPENED TO ME ARE HEARING FOR SOUTH COUNTY IN JULY. HOPE SOLO PLEADED GUILTY TO DRIVING DRUNK WITH AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION AT THREE TIMES THE LEGAL LIMIT WHETHER TWO YEAR OLD TWINS AND THE BACK OF ARRESTS UV IN EXCHANGE FOR THE PLEA, PROSECUTORS DROPPED THE CHILD ABUSE AND RESISTING ARREST CHARGES SOLO CHECKED HERSELF INTO A 30 DAY ALCOHOL ABUSE PROGRAM. WE ASKED SOLO FOR AN INTERVIEW, BUT IN A STRING OF TEXT MESSAGES, SHE WOULD NOT AGREE TO MEET WITH US ABOUT 4.5 MONTHS AGO, I MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. I LET ALCOHOL GET THE BETTER OF ME. IN A DECISION THAT I WILL NEVER LIVE DOWN A DECISION THAT HAS COME AT A GREAT COST TO ME AND MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF AN INTERVIEW, SOLO DIRECTED US TO OUR PODCAST, WHERE SHE READ A 20 MINUTE MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE ARREST HER ADDICTION AND REHAB SUDDENLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC , WE HAD NO SUPPORT SYSTEM AND NOW HAD TWO TINY BABIES. WE GOT TO IT. WE PUT IN THE WORK AND NOT ONE SINGLE DAY IN OVER TWO YEARS HAVE JEREMY AND I HAD HELP OR A DAY OFF THE SACRIFICES WE MADE IN PARENTING. EQUALLY TOGETHER AS MOTHER AND FATHER. BECAME A SENSE OF PRIDE. THE DAYS WERE LONG, VERY, VERY LONG . I WAS STILL WORKING ON AN EQUAL PAY ACT WITH THE SENATE. MY OWN EQUAL PAY LAWSUIT, COMMENTING, WORKING ON A BOOK AND DOING INTERVIEWS FROM HOME, WE BOTH WERE EXHAUSTED DAY IN AND DAY OUT WINDING DOWN WITH A DRINK WAS NICE, AND IT'S WHAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING. HANDS. WELL THE DRINKING SLOWLY INCREASED, SAYS SHE ALSO BATTLED WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AS POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION, ALTHOUGH ADMITS SHE WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH IT, NOR TREATED FOR IT. THAT TOO, SHE SAYS, HELPED FUEL HER ADDICTION. WE FOUND THAT OUR ONLY TIME TOGETHER WAS HAVING A DRINK ONCE THE BABY'S WENT TO BED, AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TO GO DOWN A DANGEROUS RUB BOTH FOR OUR MARRIAGE. AND FOR ME PERSONALLY. THIS IS THE PROBLEM . IT SNEAKS UP ON YOU. HOPE SOLO SENT US A STATEMENT CALLING THIS THE WORST NIGHT OF HER LIFE. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT SHAME AND EMBARRASSMENT WHEN MAKING SUCH A MISTAKE, BUT MY FAMILY AND I REMAIN STRONG AND EVERY DAY WE PUT IT FURTHER BEHIND US. I REFUSE TO BE BROKEN ALONG WITH THE REHAB, STATE COURT RECORDS SHOW. DSS CLOSES INVESTIGATION AFTER HOPE SOLO FINISHED 12 HOUR CHILD ENDANGERMENT COURSE IN WILKES COUNTY, WHERE SHE LIVES, ALONG WITH PAYING $3400 IN FINES AND FEES. OF SOLOS. DRIVER'S LICENSE IS ALSO SUSPENDED THROUGH AUGUST 2023. QUEEN CITY NEWS UNDERSTANDS THAT STORIES OF ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION CAN TRIGGER THOSE WHO MAY BE SUFFERING. REACHED OUT TO AN ADDICTION SPECIALIST WITH PRESBY PSYCH SERVICES FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE HOPE SOLO STORY. I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PANDEMIC IS REALLY HOW MUCH ISOLATION AND DISCONNECTION IMPACTS PEOPLE AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF ADDITIONAL DEATHS FROM OVERDOSE AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE USING AN ISOLATION AND, UM AND. IT'S A REALLY HARD FIRST STEP TO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT FOR HELP. UM BUT JUST KNOW THAT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES IN CHARLOTTE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR PEOPLE THAT STRUGGLE. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO STRUGGLE WITH SUBSTANCES AND UM AND IT'S HARD, BUT IT'S A VERY COURAGEOUS FIRST STEP AND JUST REACH OUT AND TALK TO SOMEBODY. AND IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEED HELP, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO COUNSELING GROUPS LIKE PRESBY, PSYCH OR SUPPORT NETWORKS LIKE ALCOHOL, ALCOHOLICS AND