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Hope Solo domestic violence controversy a 'witch hunt,' husband says

As the U.S. women's national soccer team competes in Canada in the Women's World Cup, each time goalkeeper Hope Solo's name is invoked the words "domestic violence" inevitably follow.

"It is a witch hunt, you can put that in the paper," Jerramy Stevens told USA Today while defending Solo, his wife, who was arrested in June of 2014 on a charge of suspicion of domestic violence.

The charges against Solo were later dropped, however, an ESPN report released just before the start of the World Cup revealed new details about her arrest, which has shifted the focus onto Solo instead of the U.