US soccer star in booze-fueled assault
Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player Hope Solo was "going psychotic" during a rampage in a Seattle home, according to a man who made an emergency call about the incident.
According to gossip website TMZ an unidentified caller asked for help and said the 32-year-old goalie was going berserk.
“Hope Solo is going psychotic,” the caller said.
“She’s f-----g beating people up! We need help!”
The New York Daily Post reported that police soon after to find the drunken star athlete had assaulted her sister and punched her 17-year-old nephew as he tried to fend her off with a BB gun.
Hope Solo is one of the USA's most popular football players. Photo: Getty Images
She was freed without bail this week and ordered to stay away from alcohol and not to contact her sister or nephew.