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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jerramy Stevens, the husband of U.S. women's national team goalkeeper Hope Solo, defended her on Saturday, telling &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt; that the domestic violence controversy surrounding his wife is \u201Ca witch hunt.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last year, Solo was charged with two counts of fourth-degree domestic violence assault for allegedly striking her half-sister and nephew in Richland, Wash. A judge dismissed the charges in January saying that a lack of cooperation from witnesses prejudiced the case.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An Outside The Lines report published on June 7, the day before the USA's first World Cup game, cited previously unread police reports and sworn depositions and painted a stark picture of a violent, aggressive Solo as characterized by the victims. Solo's half-sister Teresa Obert told ESPN neither she nor her son was contacted by U.S. Soccer in the wake of the incident.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CNothing less than unpatriotic,\u201C Stevens told &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt; of the timing the OTL report. \u201CLow class, low class. It was super intentional. I don't know what their issue is personally with Hope, but it definitely feels like they have one.\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stevens also addressed comparisons of Solo to NFL running back Ray Rice and maintained his wife's innocence in the allegations against her.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;U.S. Soccer pres. defends Hope Solo decision in response to senator&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think that what's hard is that she's the victim of something that was really scary and a really unfortunate incident,\u201D he said. \u201D[She] being classified even remotely close to Ray Rice and these other domestic violence incidents is ridiculous and outright wrong.\u201D\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Friday,&amp;nbsp;U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati defended the Federation's investigation into Solo and decision to allow her to compete in the 2015 Women's World Cup. Gulati was responding to a letter from Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal&amp;nbsp;that called on the organization to \u201Creconsider\u201D Solo's position as a member of the team.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Solo did not speak to the media after the USWNT drew 0\u20130 with Sweden in group play on Friday night, according to &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt;.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI think that right now, from my perspective, everybody is trying to dissect Hope, trying to figure out what makes her tick,\u201D&amp;nbsp;said Stevens. \u201CNobody likes to feel like a science experiment. She's just out there doing the best that she can, to be the best person that she can be. I'm just here to try and support her.\u201D\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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