Hope Solo will once again have to face domestic violence charges. No, she didn’t get arrested again for domestic violence. The Washington state appeals court decided to reverse the decision after a judge in a lower court dismissed all charges on procedural grounds earlier this year.
Solo faced two counts of domestic violence in the fourth-degree after an incident that took place back in June 2014. The alleged incident happened between Solo, her nephew and her half-sister. Solo informed police that she was the victim and after all parties had been interviewed, she was charged with two counts of domestic violence.
A new document was filed on Friday stating “"The court reverses the decision of the lower court and remands the case to the Kirkland (Washington) Municipal Court.”
Outside the Lines examined the case back in June and found that Solo’s half-sister stated she was in drunken rage and attacked her and her son.
"She grabbed him by the head and she kept slamming him into the cement over and over again. So I came from behind her, and I pulled her over and, you know, to get her off my son. And then, once she got off, she started punching me in the face over and over again."
Solo’s attorney, Todd Maybrown, had this to say, "We are shocked and disappointed by the judge's ruling this morning. However, we maintain our position that the charges in this case should have never been filed, that the original trial court's dismissal of the case was correct, and we plan to file an appeal of today's decision with the Court of Appeals."
This is another turn of events that do not shine bright on Solo. We all know of these past issues that have happened with her and will not rehash them here. One must ask why they are pursing this so hard. Are they trying to make an example of Solo?
This writer would like all of you to know that he does not condone domestic violence in any way. What he does not understand is why the Washington state appeals court overturned the original ruling. Was the original judge wrong in doing so? Everything that this writer has read states that the victims were unreliable and constantly changed their story.
If she is found guilty, then she must serve her time like everyone else and accept any punishment handed down to her from her domestic club, Seattle Reign FC, and U.S. Soccer.
In time this will come to a conclusion. In the meantime, this just puts another bad mark on Solo’s storied career and will have some calling for her not to represent the United States women's national team in the upcoming victory tour matches.
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