Report: Documents reveal new details of Hope Solo arrest

KIRKLAND, Wash. – U.S. women’s national team star Hope Solo was combative with officers after her arrest last year on accusations that she assaulted her half-sister and her teenage nephew, an incident during which authorities also described Solo as the “primary aggressor,” according to an ESPN report Sunday.

Solo initially faced two misdemeanor counts of domestic violence in the altercation at her half-sister’s house last June, though those charges were dismissed on procedural grounds earlier this year. Solo, who had pleaded not guilty, portrayed herself as a victim in interviews after the dismissal of the case.

The network said the report was based on police records, two sworn depositions obtained by “Outside the Lines,” other documents and interviews with one of Solo’s alleged victims. It says Solo had been drinking when she arrived at the home of her half-sister, Teresa Obert, and was the aggressor in the altercation, including slamming the teenager’s head into the floor.

The report says that Solo was so combative after her arrest she had to be forced to the ground by police and that she insulted officers.

According to the report, Solo suggested that two jailers were having sex and called another officer a “14-year-old boy.” When asked to remove a necklace, Solo told the officer that the piece of jewelry was worth more than he made in a year, the ESPN report said.

Solo’s lawyer, in response to a question from ESPN about the reports, responded with a statement saying: “Police reports and other court documents clearly demonstrate that the alleged victims radically changed their stories on multiple occasions and twice refused to answer questions under oath, despite court orders. Had the case proceeded to trial and the witnesses been cross-examined under oath subject to the penalty of perjury, the defense would have proven that Teresa’s son, not Hope, was the true aggressor, and that Hope suffered a concussion as a result of her nephew’s unlawful conduct.”

Representatives for Solo didn’t immediately respond to a request from the Associated Press for comment Sunday on the report.