Winston-Salem, North Carolina (queen city news) – A new video shows Winston-Salem police officer AJ Seleika approaching the car of former US Women’s National Team goalie Hope Amelia Stevens before she was arrested in March.
Officers were called to the scene around 9:15 p.m. after reports said the driver had been asleep for “more than an hour,” according to a police report.
The video above, obtained by Nexstar’s Queen City News, shows what happened shortly after officers found the driver asleep with his head on the headrest and the engine running. Body-cam video shows two children strapped to the rear captain’s child seat, both appearing to be asleep.
Stevens, also known as Hope Solo, is a former goaltender for the US Women’s National Soccer Team, a World Cup winner, and a two-time gold medalist with the US Olympic team in 2008 and 2012. She is known worldwide for her solo and she has played as a professional soccer player internationally.
Solo lives in Wilkes County, North Carolina with her husband, former NFL player Jeramie Stevens, who spent eight years in the league.
A video recording captures what would become the internationally reported arrest of the football star.
Within minutes of meeting Stevens, officers began questioning her about her drinking.
Through the video, officers continued to work on conducting an outdoor sobriety test for Solo, telling officers that Solo was simply napping in the parking lot and not drinking. Officers later took her into custody.
WSPD ended the recording there. Queen City News has the rest of the records showing whether officers read Solo’s Miranda warning, whether officers put her in a patrol car, or what officers did to her children at the scene. did not.
According to the WSPD, Solo’s husband drove him to Winston-Salem that night to pick him up.
Officers at one point put Solo in a patrol car and took her to the Forsyth County Emergency Medical Services Station, where a doctor drew blood for police to determine Solo’s blood alcohol level and any indications that it might have been present. We have tested certain other poisonous substances.
Stevens pleaded guilty to DUI charges in Forsyth County District Court on July 25 and was given a 24-month suspended sentence by Judge Victoria L. Romer. She also spent her 30 days at her inpatient facility, her Hope Valley Inc., according to Nexstar’s WGHP.
Stevens spoke about the arrest and her struggle with alcohol in a podcast appearance this summer, describing the incident as “biggest mistake of my life”
