(Winston-Salem) Hope Solo, the former star goaltender for the U.S. women’s soccer team, pleaded guilty to impaired driving on Monday, nearly four months after she was found passed out at the wheel of a vehicle with her two-year-old twins inside.
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Solo, 40, has also been charged with misdemeanor child abuse and resisting a police officer, in connection with the March 31 incident in North Carolina. His attorney, Chris Clifton, said both charges were voluntarily dismissed, the Winston-Salem newspaper reported.
A statement from the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office said a judge sentenced Solo to a 24-month suspended sentence and a 30-day active sentence. She received 30 days credit for the time she spent in an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
The judge also ordered Solo to pay $2,500 in fines and a $600 fee for the cost of lab tests. She must also obtain a substance abuse assessment and follow all recommended treatments.
A police report claims that Solo was arrested in the parking lot of a mall in Winston-Salem. According to an arrest warrant, a passerby noticed Solo passed out behind the 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 stated that Solo had refused a field sobriety test.
Solo was taken to the magistrate’s office, where she refused to take a breath test. The police then obtained a search warrant for a blood sample. Solo had a blood alcohol level of 0.24%, three times the legal limit. Tests also showed she had THC in her system, according to a police report.