Are All These DV cases Going to Screw up Hope Solo?

The police reports, etc. certainly prove Solo is an a$$hole (not exactly new info), but police reports are simply one guys side of the story, they don't become facts because some cop wrote them. Facts get determined in court, where these folks refused to go and testify (presumably because if they lie THERE they can be charged with a crime themselves). This "kid" is 6'8" 280, and everyone agrees he hit Solo w/ both a wooden AND aluminum implement, taking their story as some sort of truth, when they won't repeat it where they face anything other than friendly confirmation, doesn't deserve the light of day.

Solo wasn't exonerated on a "technicality" - her accusers refused to testify under oath, presumably because they were afraid of cross-examination. I find it troubling you're worried about someone being rude to a cop after what's gone on in this country over the past six months...

 

Wynalda had no problem talking Michael bradley when Bob Bradley was the coach befo

The family were ready to let the case go until Solo's "tearful Redemption Tour" with her interviews with ABC and other outlets where she stated that she was the victim.

 

Those presumptions are quite the assumption.

 

I would note that normally if you are really a PITA to cops, as well as "struggle" during an arrest, you get charged with resisting without violence. She didn't...

 

If I had done that stuff to cop, I would have gotten shot.

 

I think what I'm taking away from all of this is that everyone in this family is lying...there's no good guy here.

But at the end of the day, I'm a US fan, and I'll cheer for the other 22 ladies on the team. Switching teams because of the Solo mess is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

 

What's that based on? Is that an assumption loaded with qualifiers?

Probably.

 

Huh?!?

 

I didn't want to post it. But, in 2011 Wynalda had no problem talking about Nepotism claims during the Gold Cup, despite the article being written six months prior.

He is very selective about what he walks to talk about.

 

If it were just Solo and the kid, you might have a point, but there is clear physical evidence that Solo beat the crap out of a 40-something woman. He needed to protect his mother from being assaulted in their own home.

So now Solo's family is lying AND the cops are lying. (Actually, I'm in on the conspiracy, too.)

These events show that it is vitally important for people in positions of responsibility to be held accountable for their actions. This is just as true of cops as it is of Hope Solo.

But let's get back to the subject at hand: are you alleging that these cops did something inappropriate, or do you think it's a good idea to treat responsible police officers as targets for vulgar and homophobic abuse?

 

The reason (I had heard) that her 1/2 sister/nephew didn't testify was that they were out of the country the day they were to appear. Rumor had it that Hope flew them somewhere tropical to make this go away. When she went on GMA all bets were off

 

Based on knowledge of the way things normally work.

Article claims Solo was "Solo was so combative that she had to be forced to the ground". If true, there would commonly be a resisting charge, the fact there wasn't, makes it suspect.

Not sure what you think the "assumption" is or the "qualifiers" are.

 

With celebrities?

 

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2015/0529/espn_otl_solo_jailreport_Redacted.pdf

Given that Solo had been arrested long before this, I'm not sure how she would've been charge with resisting.

 

Good point. In some states the charge includes threatening an officer while under restrains or struggling while in restraints.

Here's Washington's statute:

 

Olberman is right. Solo shouldn't be playing, embarrassing for both Ellis and Suni and the USSF in general.

 

[Jill Ellis] would not "permit reality to interfere with her job".

 

that's pretty funny...also would open US Soccer for a lawsuit that they would lose, but why let reality bother you when you've got a false equivalence that lets you watch pointy football without considering the incredible human cost involved.

 

Adrain Peterson had to sit out.
Ray Rice had to sit out.
Solo gets new sponsors.

Can we safely say USSoccer has a better protection policy for its' degenerates? I wonder what the flow of the boards would be if Solo husband had taken that drunken ride with her to the sisters house? Guaranteed he gets 100% of the blame even he was passed out on the lawn.

 

No point getting high and mighty about it. It is only recently the NFL has gotten serious about this stuff(and I doubt they will continue to be vigilant about it). http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_...ers-domestic-violence-cases-never-missed-down In the past they have no problem sweeping stuff like this under the rug.

 

As far as I can tell, there must be some reason Hope's accusers failed to agree to testify under oath. The idea they are involved in a domestic squabble and are venting against Hope publicly to spite her is not that far fetched to me. Even if Hope "behaved badly" to compare her actions to the horrific (and videotaped) ones by various NFL players is laughable and insane.

 

I am speculating here but I think it's pretty clear Hope asked her half sister to drop it and she agreed not to show up for the deposition. It was only after Hope went on TV and painted her son as a monster she decided to break her silence and bury Hope to defend her son.

If it's true that Hope slammed a minor's head against a concrete floor repeatedly then started throwing haymakers against a mother trying to protect her son. Yeah I'd say that is well beyond just "behaving badly."

 

Idk why you'd assume the son (who is huge physically and doesn't seem easily beaten up by Hope? obvious fact is obvious) was the victim. I agree you're speculating.

 

Let me inject some intelligence here...

Adrian Peterson pleaded no contest.

Ray Rice offered plea bargain.

Hope Solo pleaded not guilty, was never proven guilty, because witnesses refused to testify under oath in fear of being cross examined.

See the difference?

Oh and cop wrote a report woo. Like omg.

 

Just because someone has a big physic doesn't mean they know how to defend themselves or that they would perpetrate violence.