BERLIN, July 26 (STATS Perform/dpa/EP) –
Former American goalkeeper Hope Solo, world champion in 2015 and double Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012, has opened up about the treatment she is undergoing for her alcohol problems, which led her to make the “worst mistake” of her life. life with his arrest last March.
She was only arrested in North Carolina on March 31 and was initially charged with driving while intoxicated, resisting arrest and misdemeanor child abuse, as her two two-year-old children were present in the vehicle at the time. of the crime.
The latter two charges were voluntarily dismissed, her attorney Chris Clifton reported to the ‘Winston-Salem Journal’ on Tuesday, as the exporter received a 24-month suspended sentence and surrendered her driver’s license.
Solo was one of the best-known players in global women’s football at the turn of the 21st century, playing 202 games for her country’s national team between 2000 and 2016, and was scheduled to be inducted into her sport’s Hall of Fame. a decision that has requested that it be delayed until 2023.
Now, the American confessed that she has already entered an alcohol treatment program and was sorry for what happened. “It’s been a long road, but I’m slowly coming back from taking some time off,” Solo wrote on her official Twitter profile.
“I made a huge mistake, easily the worst mistake of my life. I underestimated what a destructive part of my life alcohol had become, but the advantage of making such a huge mistake is that hard lessons are learned quickly. Learning these lessons has been difficult and, at times, very painful”, added the former goalkeeper.
She only thanked her lawyers “for understanding” that her “mental and emotional well-being is the most important thing” for both her and her family. “I look forward to opening up and sharing more with everyone in the coming weeks. I also want to thank all the wonderful women I met during my time at Hope Valley Treatment Center,” she stressed.
“I am still a student of the best school called life and I will continue to learn and grow from these experiences. I will continue to gain empathy, knowledge and stories to share. I consider this a gift to pass on to others because pain shared is pain lessened.” , sentenced.