Hope Solo‘s 17-year-old nephew pulled a gun on the soccer player, hoping it would stop her after she attacked him and his mother early Saturday.
The boy told police that Solo — who was arrested and booked under her married name, Hope Amelia Stevens, into the South County Correctional Entity Regional Jail and held on two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence — was intoxicated when she arrived at the Washington state home where the altercation took place, TMZ reports.
He also claims Solo grew agitated after she thought the boy spoke poorly of her, prompting her to tell him that he’d never be a professional athlete because he was “too fat and crazy.”
He alleges that he tried to walk away from the scenario, but Solo was relentless, calling him a “p—y ” because he called for his mother.
That’s when things escalated.
“I then went into a back room and got an old gun that does not work, pointed it at her and she kept coming at me. She didn’t leave but walked around me, cornering me like a shark,” he told the gossip website.
Solo then allegedly left the house, but re-entered and launched an attack on the boy’s mother. The boy attempted to defend his mother by beating Solo in the head with a broomstick, but the rage-filled athlete didn’t stop.
On Monday, Solo appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence.
She was released without bail, ordered not to have contact with the alleged victims and to not drink alcohol.