Soccer star Hope Solo arrested in domestic violence complaint

Seattle soccer star Hope Solo was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly hitting her sister and nephew at the Kirkland home she shares with her husband, former University of Washington and NFL football player Jerramy Stevens.

Kirkland police received a 911 call of a disturbance at the home in 10600 block of 124th Ave. N.E. just before 1:00 a.m., the Seattle Times first reported.

Kirkland police said in an account of the incident obtained by the Times the 911 caller said a woman at the house was “hitting people” and they could not get her to stop or to leave the house.

Arriving officers said Solo, 32, appeared “intoxicated and upset.” The observed visible injuries on Solo’s 17-year-old nephew and Solo’s sister. After talking with those involved they determined Solo was the “primary aggressor and had instigated the assault.”

Solo was arrested on two counts of fourth-degree domestic-violence assault and booked into the south King County detention facility (SCORE). Solo will have a mandatory court appearance Monday June 23rd at the Kirkland Municipal Court.

Solo is the goalkeeper for the Seattle Reign FC professional soccer team. She previously played on two gold-medal winning Olympic women’s teams and starred at the University of Washington. She also appeared on TV’s “Dancing with the Stars.”