U.S. Soccer announced on Tuesday they have opened an investigation, following a public announcement from Gregg Berhalter that he was the target of a blackmail plot. In his announcement, Berhalter admitted a single incident of domestic violence against his now-wife when they were college students.
Berhalter created a social media account on Tuesday, and on it shared a domestic violence issue from his past amid a claim of a recent attempt to blackmail him.
According to Berhalter, who apparently released the statement alongside his wife, Rosalind, when he was 18 and a freshman at the University of North Carolina, “One night, while out drinking at a local bar, Rosalind and I had a heated argument that continued outside.