Former U S women’s national team goalkeeper Hope Solo pleads guilty to

former united states women's national team goalkeeper hope solo pleaded guilty monday to driving while impaired almost four months after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in north carolina with her two-year-old twins inside solo also was charged with misdemeanor child abuse and resisting a public officer in connection with the march 31st incident her attorney chris clifton said those two charges were voluntarily dismissed the winston-salem journal reported a news release from the forsyth county district attorney's office said a judge gave solo 40 of roaring gap in allegheny county a suspended sentence of 24 months and an active sentence of 30 days she was given 30 days credit for time she spent at an inpatient rehabilitation facility the judge also ordered solo to pay two dollars 500 in fines and a 600 fee for the cost of the lab tests she also has to get a substance abuse assessment and complete all recommended treatment roaring gap is approximately 60 miles northwest of winston-salem in a statement released after her guilty plea solo said that although she took pride in motherhood and how she and her husband handled their children during the pandemic it was incredibly hard and i made a huge mistake easily the worst mistake of my life she said i underestimated what a destructive part of my life alcohol had become the upside of making a mistake this big is that hard lessons are learned quickly learning these lessons has been difficult and at times very painful a post shared by hope solo at hope solo a police report said solo was arrested in a shopping center parking lot in winston-salem according to an arrest warrant a passerby noticed solo passed out behind the steering wheel for more than an hour with the vehicle's engine running and the two children in the backseat a responding officer could smell alcohol and the warrant said solo refused a field sobriety test solo was taken to the magistrate's office where she refused to take a breathalyzer test so police got a search warrant for a blood sample solo had a blood alcohol concentration of zero 24 three times the legal limit tests also showed that solo had thc in her system according to a police report solo was dismissed from the national team following the 2016 olympics in brazil after calling the swedish team cowards for taking a defensive stance against the defending gold medalists ending a laudable playing career that was also marred by controversy she was suspended for 30 days in early 2015 after she and her husband jeremy stevens were pulled over in the u s soccer owned van and stevens was charged with dui she was also benched after publicly questioning coach greg ryan's decision to start brianna scurry against brazil during the 2007 world cup comments many saw as a slight against scurry

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