by Paul Kennedy
Almost two years after her arrest, the criminal case against U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo continues. In the latest round, the Washington Court of Appeals refused to review Solo's appeal of a lower court's decision to revive the case.
Solo was arrested on two charges of fourth-degree domestic violence assault in June 2014 for allegedly striking her half-sister,Teresa L. Obert, and Obert's son in an early-morning altercation.
Solo's arrest followed a 911 call about a disturbance at Obert's home, where an argument between Solo and her nephew is alleged to have escalated into a fistfight and the nephew broke a broomstick over Solo's head and brandished a broken BB gun at her in attempt to get Solo to stop. Solo is also alleged to have assaulted Obert after she came to help her son.
U.S. Soccer's decision not to suspend or discipline Solo was condemned by national columnists.
Solo Legal Timeline:
JUNE 21, 2014. Solo is arrested on two charges of domestic violence assault in the fourth degree early in the morning at the home of her half-sister, Teresa L. Obert, in Kirkland, Wash., after allegedly striking Obert and Obert's son. She is booked into a local detention facility and released.
JAN. 14, 2015. A week before Solo's trial in Kirkland Municipal Court is slated to begin, Judge Michael Lambo grants the motion of her attorney to dismiss the charges on procedural grounds. The lack of cooperation of Obert and Obert's son is cited among the reasons the case is dismissed.
OCT. 2, 2015. The King County Superior Court reverses the Kirkland Municipal Court's decision to dismiss a case.
JUNE 7, 2016. The Washington Court of Appeals refuses to review Solo's appeal of the King County Superior Court ruling. Solo can appeal to the Washington Supreme Court.
Solo's arrest followed a 911 call about a disturbance at Obert's home, where an argument between Solo and her nephew is alleged to have escalated into a fistfight and the nephew broke a broomstick over Solo's head and brandished a broken BB gun at her in attempt to get Solo to stop. Solo is also alleged to have assaulted Obert after she came to help her son.
U.S. Soccer's decision not to suspend or discipline Solo was condemned by national columnists.
Solo Legal Timeline:
JUNE 21, 2014. Solo is arrested on two charges of domestic violence assault in the fourth degree early in the morning at the home of her half-sister, Teresa L. Obert, in Kirkland, Wash., after allegedly striking Obert and Obert's son. She is booked into a local detention facility and released.
JAN. 14, 2015. A week before Solo's trial in Kirkland Municipal Court is slated to begin, Judge Michael Lambo grants the motion of her attorney to dismiss the charges on procedural grounds. The lack of cooperation of Obert and Obert's son is cited among the reasons the case is dismissed.
OCT. 2, 2015. The King County Superior Court reverses the Kirkland Municipal Court's decision to dismiss a case.
JUNE 7, 2016. The Washington Court of Appeals refuses to review Solo's appeal of the King County Superior Court ruling. Solo can appeal to the Washington Supreme Court.
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