Authorities drop assault charges against Hope Solo

Posted May 25, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - Prosecutors in Washington state have dropped domestic violence charges against former U.S. national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo.

Solo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree assault in 2014 after police said she assaulted two family members at a home in Kirkland, east of Seattle. The case was delayed by appeals.

KING-TV reports that city prosecutors dropped the charges Wednesday, saying the witnesses in the case wanted to move on with their lives and did not want to participate in a trial. An attorney for Kirkland, Melissa Osman, wrote in court documents that the circumstances were unlikely to be repeated.

The longtime national team goalkeeper and two-time Olympic gold medalist recently ran unsuccessfully for president of the U.S. Soccer Federation. She has called for equal pay and equal treatment for the U.S. women's team.

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, Seattle Reign FC goalkeeper Hope Solo follows the action during the second half of the NWSL soccer championship match in Portland, Ore. Washington state prosecutors dropped domestic violence charges against Solo Wednesday, May 23, 2018, saying that the witnesses in the case wanted to move on with their lives and did not want to participate in a trial. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File) The Associated Press

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