Football
Blatter says Hope Solo’s ‘grabbed ass’ claim is ‘absurd’
9 years ago(FILES) This file photo taken on June 15, 2013 shows USA women's national football team goalkeeper Hope Solo warming up prior to the match against South Korea at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The former head of world football Sepp Blatter said on November 11, 2017 that claims by US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside were "absurd". Solo told Portuguese newspaper Expresso that then-FIFA president Blatter had sexually harassed her at the 2013 Ballon d'Or ceremony. Jared Wickerham / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP
The former head of world football Sepp Blatter said Saturday that claims by US women's goalkeeper Hope Solo that he had grabbed her backside were "absurd".
