Hope Solo reveals getting conceived during mother's conjugal visits to jailed father

London, July 27(ANI): United States women football team goalkeeper Hope Solo has revealed how she was conceived during one of her mother's conjugal visits to her jailed father in her new autobiography.

Jeffrey John Solo served a prison sentence for misappropriation at Walla Walla State Penitentiary at the time Hope was conceived, and she admits loving her father despite him causing so much pain in her life.

"It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart," The Daily Mail quoted Solo, as saying in her autobiography.

According to an extract of the autobiography, the football star grew up in a loving, sheltered environment, despite being conceived while her father, Jeffrey John Solo, was serving a prison sentence for misappropriation.

"No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am. He showered me with love; he just didn't know how to be a husband or a father or a responsible member of society," she added.

In 2007, not long before her first World Cup, Solo arranged to fly his father to New York. But before his father could make the trip, he died of a heart attack.

She reveals how devastated she was, but is grateful for the time she got to spend with him, writing: "If I hadn't made peace with him later in my life, I'd still be bitter and angry," she added. (ANI)