They were shocking images. The driver hung unconscious at the wheel of her car, her two-year-old twins were sitting in the back seat. The engine was still running when a police patrol found the car in a parking lot in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, last March. At the wheel was Hope Solo, the former goalkeeper of the US national soccer team. she was drunk
Four months after driving under the influence, a court convicted Solo. The 40-year-old has been jailed for 30 days for drinking and driving. The court also imposed a 24-month suspended prison sentence on her. Solo previously pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol.
According to the local newspaper “Winston-Salem Journal”, the ex-goalkeeper gave up her driver’s license and apologized to her family and fans. She made a “big mistake,” Solo wrote in a post on Instagram. “I underestimated how devastating a part of my life alcohol had become.” The blood test after the March incident showed that Solo had three times the legal alcohol content in his blood.
In addition, the corona pandemic brought problems for her family with two small children, she wrote in her post. The three-time Olympic and 2015 World Champion has played more than 200 times for the US national team. She has been married to former professional footballer Jerramy Stevens since 2012.
The court imposed further conditions, including those for addiction treatment. Solo also has to pay a $2,500 fine and $600 for all lab tests. Some of the original allegations against her, such as resisting an officer and abusing children, have been dropped, the newspaper quoted her lawyer as saying.
