Found drunk and unconscious on March 31 at the wheel of her parked car, engine running, in a North Carolina parking lot, with her twins in the back of the vehicle, former babysitter Hope Solo was sentenced Monday to two years in prison. suspended prison sentence for drunk driving.

The former glory of football in the United States was also prosecuted for having resisted the police who came to control it as well as for child abuse, charges since dropped according to the

Winston-Salem Journal

.

The judge had initially sentenced the short-lived OL player (five games in 2005) to thirty days in prison, before finally granting her clemency because of the treatment she agreed to undergo to cure her alcoholism in a specialized institution.

Hope Solo will still have to pay a fine of $2,500, to which are added $600 in laboratory fees for the tests carried out on her after her offense.

Hope Solo makes amends

The ex-guardian, who pleaded guilty in court, has since posted a message on Twitter to react to his conviction.

“I am proud of motherhood and what my husband and I have done day in and day out for more than two years, throughout the pandemic, with our twins, she says.

Although I'm proud of us, it was incredibly difficult and I made a huge mistake.

Easily the worst of my life.

I underestimated how destructive part of my life alcohol had become.

The advantage of making such a big mistake is that you learn from it quickly.

It was difficult and sometimes very painful.

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