June 21, 2014 at 6:53 AM 
 
 Update, 1:02 p.m. Monday: 
 
 Hope Solo pleaded not guilty in an appearance in Kirkland Municipal Court. Details here. 
 
 Update at 10:12 a.m.: 
 
 The Seattle Reign FC released a statement on the overnight arrest of the team’s goalkeeper, Hope Solo: “We are aware of the situation regarding Hope Solo and are currently gathering information. We have no further comments at this time.” 
 
 U.S. Soccer released a statement, too: “We are aware of the situation. At this point, we don’t have any further comments.” 
 
 The Reign, undefeated this season, plays Sunday at the Western NY Flash. Last Saturday, Solo posted her record-tying 71st career shutout, as the U.S. team beat France 1-0 in an exhibition match in Tampa, Fla. Solo has made 152 appearances for the national team. 
 
 Update at 8:46 a.m.: 
 
 Kirkland police have released the following account of the incident and arrest: 
 
 On June 21st 2014 and just before 1:00 am, Kirkland Police Department Patrol Units responded to a 911 call of a disturbance in the 10600 block of 124th AVE NE. The male caller stated that a female at the residence was “hitting people” and they could not get her to stop or to leave the house. Officer arrived and immediately heard the sounds of the disturbance inside the residence. 
 
 They entered and contacted several persons; one being Hope A Stevens (Solo) who appeared intoxicated and upset. As officers made contact, they observed visible injuries on Solo’s 17-year-old nephew and on Solo’s sister. After receiving statements of the persons involved, Officers determined that Solo was the primary aggressor and had instigated the assault. 
 
 Solo was arrested on 2 counts of Domestic Violence Assault 4th Degree and booked into the south King County detention facility (SCORE). Solo will have a mandatory court appearance Monday June 23rd at the Kirkland Municipal Court, with the time yet to be determined. 
 
 Original post: Soccer star Hope Solo was arrested overnight for allegedly striking her sister and her nephew at a Kirkland home (we reported earlier, based on information from police, that the disturbance occurred at the house Solo shares with her husband, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens. Authorities now say the house belongs to a sister of Solo’s). 
 
 
 
 Solo is listed in the registry at the SCORE misdemeanor jail in South King County as Hope Amelia Stevens. She is being held without bail for two counts of investigation of fourth-degree domestic-violence assault. Police say Solo, 32, got into an argument with the relatives during a family gathering. 
 
 Kirkland police Lt. Mike Murray said this morning that officers were called to the home because of an assault and a noise disturbance. 
 
 “There was a big party going on at her house. It was an out-of-control situation,” Murray said. 
 
 At some point during the party, Solo allegedly assaulted her sister and her nephew, he said. “There were visible injuries on them,” Murray said. 
 
 Solo is the goalkeeper for the Seattle Reign FC. 
 
 She has also played on two gold-medal winning Olympic women’s teams and appeared on TV’s “Dancing with the Stars.” In November, 2012, her then-boyfriend Stevens was arrested for allegedly assaulting Solo; a stun gun was reportedly used to break up the altercation. Hours later, Stevens and Solo were married 
 
 Stevens, who played college football for the University of Washington, was released because of insufficient evidence in the case. He was never charged. 
 
 During an interview with The Seattle Times last year, Solo’s first since the family dispute, Solo said she’s living in the spotlight. 
 
 “I’m in the spotlight, but not the truth,” Solo said. “That’s hard to accept, but that is unfortunately kind of how the world is and how the media is. 
 
 “Whether it’s with Hollywood, whether it’s with sports figures, whether it’s the president, that’s kind of how it works. I’m realistic and I understand that. That’s why it’s important for me to know who I am, to know I’m living my life the way I want to live, and that I am happy. At the end of the day, I can’t really let myself get too angry about outside opinions that are or aren’t true.” ||||| Originally published Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7:48 PM 
 
 Jerramy Stevens, a former football player for the Huskies and Seahawks, was arrested early Monday morning at the home of his fiancee, soccer star Hope Solo, and later released. The couple still planned to get married Tuesday, according to reports. 
 
 A municipal court judge has ordered former Seahawks and University of Washington football player Jerramy Stevens released from custody pending an investigation into whether he assaulted his fiancee, Hope Solo. 
 
 Solo is a two-time Olympic gold medal-winning soccer player who played for Washington. The incident being investigated happened a day before they were reportedly married Tuesday. 
 
 Stevens, whose football career flamed out amid a long list of run-ins with the law, was arrested early Monday morning after police found him on the floor between a bed and the wall in an upstairs bedroom after a disturbance at Solo's Kirkland home. Police reported that Stevens "appeared to be hiding," but he told officers he was sleeping. 
 
 Police were summoned to the home by Solo's brother, Marcus Solo, who had a fresh black eye and bloody knees when he met officers, according to a Kirkland police report. 
 
 Hope Solo had a fresh half-dollar-sized scrape on her elbow, the report said. She refused to tell officers how she had received the injury, according to the report. 
 
 Police said she and her brother claimed "two or three" strangers had shown up at a party uninvited, and had caused the trouble. 
 
 However, Hope and Marcus Solo gave vague and conflicting details of the men, and Hope Solo reportedly told her brother to shut up several times, according to the report. 
 
 Stevens, who turned 33 on Tuesday, and Solo, 31, had applied for a marriage license in King County last Thursday and were set to get married Tuesday, KING-TV reported. According to the station and reports by KJR-950 radio, the couple went through with their wedding despite Stevens' arrest. Those reports couldn't be confirmed. 
 
 Stevens was jailed after the incident, but during a hearing Tuesday, Kirkland Municipal Judge Michael Lambo ordered him unconditionally released from custody at the request of his attorney, Todd Maybrown. Lambo said police had not established sufficient cause to hold Stevens. 
 
 The Kirkland City Attorney's Office had asked that Stevens be held for 72 hours while the investigation was completed. 
 
 Hope Solo attended the hearing with her attorney, Peter Offenbecher, but left without speaking to reporters. She didn't return a phone call from The Seattle Times. 
 
 Maybrown said Tuesday the judge released his client "because there is no evidence he committed any crime at all, or that (Solo) had been assaulted." 
 
 Maybrown accused Kirkland police of "jumping to conclusions" because of Stevens' reputation. 
 
 "If they'd have taken a minute to think, they would have seen there was no reason to arrest him at all," Maybrown said. 
 
 Kirkland police were dispatched to Hope Solo's home at 3:45 a.m. Monday on a call that about eight people were fighting and that someone had used a stun gun, according to the report. 
 
 Police contacted Marcus Solo, 34, and then a few moments later, his sister. 
 
 Inside the home, they found another woman on the floor in the kitchen, apparently suffering from a hip injury, and then found Stevens upstairs. He said he and Hope Solo had argued over whether they would be living in Florida or Washington after their wedding. 
 
 The investigating officer observed drops of blood and signs of a fight or struggle in the bedroom. Stevens had a smear of dried blood on his shirt and blood on his cheek, according to the police report. 
 
 "Stevens said that (he) thought the blood on his cheek appeared when Hope kissed him," the officer wrote. 
 
 The officer noted in his affidavit for probable cause for arrest that he arrested Stevens based on his admission that he argued with Hope Solo, the injury to her elbow, signs of a fight in the bedroom where Stevens was found and blood on Stevens' shirt. 
 
 The incident has been referred to the Kirkland Police Department's Domestic Violence Unit for follow-up, police said. 
 
 Stevens' numerous troubles with the law date to his high school days in Lacey. 
 
 As a senior at River Ridge High School in 1998, Stevens faced a felony assault charge that was downgraded to a misdemeanor, which allowed him to keep his football scholarship at the UW. 
 
 As a sophomore at Washington, he was arrested for investigation of sexual assault but never charged. As a junior in 2001, he was cited for reckless driving after crashing into a retirement home and fleeing the scene. 
 
 Drafted by the Seahawks with the 28th pick in 2002, he was arrested for DUI one year later. He pleaded down to reckless driving. 
 
 He had his best NFL season in 2005, when he started a career-high 12 games and had 45 receptions as the Seahawks won the NFC championship. 
 
 He was arrested in Arizona in 2007 and later convicted of extreme DUI. His blood alcohol content was measured at twice the legal limit more than two hours after he was pulled over. 
 
 He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that same year. The Bucs released Stevens in October 2010 after he was arrested on a felony charge of marijuana possession with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia. 
 
 Solo, a Richland native, is a former UW soccer star and two-time Olympic gold medalist. She's also a former contestant on television's "Dancing with the Stars." 
 
 She publicly battled with then-U.S. coach Greg Ryan after he benched her in September 2007 during the Women's World Cup. 
 
 Solo also raised eyebrows during this summer's London Olympics when she went on a Twitter rant against former player Brandi Chastain, who criticized a member of the U.S. team during the broadcast of a match. 
 
 Mike Carter: 206-464-3706 or mcarter@seattletimes.com. 
 
 Seattle Times news researcher Miyoko Wolf, staff reporter Joshua Mayers 
 
 and The Associated Press contributed 
 
 to this report.
– Soccer star Hope Solo is involved in another domestic violence case, but this time as the one facing charges. Police say the 32-year-old hit her sister and her nephew last night during an "out-of-control" party at Solo's home in the Seattle suburb of Kirkland, reports the Seattle Times. "There were visible injuries on them,” says a police official. The two-time Olympic gold medalist (and Dancing With the Stars vet) was being held without bail on two counts of investigation of domestic violence assault. In 2012, Solo's then-fiance, former NFL player Jerramy Stevens, was accused of assaulting her, but charges were dropped because of insufficient evidence. They got married hours after that court appearance. Solo made happier headlines last week when she recorded her 71st career shutout in a match against France, notes AP. That ties the record for a US goalkeeper.