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Soccer star Hope Solo leaves a conference room with her lawyer Peter Offenbecher, left, before a bail hearing for former Seattle Seahawks player Jerramy Stevens in Kirkland, Wash., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo

Ron and Don: Hope Solo can't 'fix' Jerramy Stevens

BY Libby Denkmann  on November 13, 2012 @ 6:58 pm (Updated: 11:43 am - 11/14/12 )

News broke Tuesday that former Seahawk and Husky football star Jerramy Stevens was arrested Monday night in Kirkland for misdemeanor domestic violence against his fiance, U.S. soccer goalkeeper and Richland, WA native Hope Solo.

Why would an Olympic Gold medalist and worldwide superstar like Solo choose to date and marry an unemployed football player with a long (alleged) rap sheet of assault, rape, and substance abuse?

Ron and Don theorized Solo's connection with Stevens stemmed from a troubled relationship with her father. Jeffrey Solo spent time in prison, and was homeless and absent for much of his daughter's childhood.

Solo wrote about her rocky relationship with her dad in her book, "Solo: A Memoir of Hope."

"One spring, when I was a Brownie, the Girl Scout Cookie money went missing. Sometimes my father went missing. One morning, my mother went out to get her car and it was gone: repossessed for lack of payment."

When Solo was 7, her father was arrested for kidnapping her and her younger brother. The two reconnected over ten years later.

Don said, "I think she thinks she is going to be able to fix Jerramy Stevens. I bet when he's sober he's an amazing guy. But I bet when he's not sober, things get really bad. It looks like [Hope] will be marrying an abuser."

Ron added, "When he was arrested in Scottsdale on DUI [in 2007], his blood-alcohol level was .204. This guy has some serious issues with alcohol."

"Whose money is he spending, by the way?" Don asked. "I bet Hope Solo is his checkbook."

"From the outside looking in, it makes no sense. I feel bad for her, because this will not end well," Ron predicted.

Libby Denkmann, Ron & Don Show Producer
Libby Denkmann is producer of KIRO Radio's The Ron & Don Show (weekdays 3-7). Libby is always on the run - literally.
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  • Bloodsurf69 wrote...
    WHAT!?
    November 13, 2012 6:53 pm
    Who the cares? Mind your own relationships. I want real news!
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  • ten4goodbuddy wrote...
    huh?
    November 14, 2012 8:15 am
    Then why did you click the link to read the article, knowing full well that it was about? use your head. I agree with Ron and Don, dump that loser, you can't fix him, no-one can but himself.
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  • The Liberal Jedi wrote...
    ???
    November 14, 2012 8:15 am
    How do these people even meet??? Guess opposites attract; Victims & abusers.
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  • tbohon wrote...
    Sorry for her ...
    November 14, 2012 9:11 am
    It's obvious that as a result of her upbringing she is trying to 'fix' the 'broken' men she meets. I can't see any way that this will end well and I sincerely hope that she wises up before we read about her being found beaten or killed by this guy. Always thought she was really 'together' but now I'm not so sure. I wish her luck.
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  • Mikey53 wrote...
    It's simple . . .
    November 14, 2012 12:20 pm
    One too many headers for Ms Solo . . .
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    "Daddy issues"
    November 14, 2012 12:27 pm
    An attractive young woman w/ "daddy issues" hooks up w/ a "bad boy". The oldest story in the world...
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  • Realitycheck wrote...
    HPD-5
    November 14, 2012 3:48 pm
    I was thinking the same thing, I mean what else is new? This is really news?
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  • Dan1 wrote...
    I guess she likes
    November 14, 2012 8:19 pm
    DIRT men.
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