Gregg Berhalter, USMNT, Says That He Kicked His Wife in 1990s and Was Being Blackmailed
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U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team coach Gregg Berhalter has revealed he assaulted his now-wife during an argument in college and explained the incident was being used against him in a recent blackmail attempt.
The 49-year old posted a long statement to Twitter Tuesday claiming that he kicked Rosalind Berhalter in the legs after an argument while they were both 18, and still in college. He explained that the incident occurred in 1991, just four months after their first date.
“I met my soulmate at the beginning of 1991.” Rosalind, who was then a freshman at college, had just turned 18 when she met me,” Gregg wrote in the tweet. Rosalind and me had a heated argument outside after we went out to drink at a local bar. It got physical and I kicked her in both the legs.
He continued, “There are no excuses for my actions in that night; it’s a shameful moment that I regret to the day.” Rosalind asked me for an apology, but I was unable to accept it.
Gregg admitted that he regretted the incident, and sought counseling shortly afterwards “to learn from it and grow.”
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“I told my family, friends and parents what happened because it was my responsibility to fully take responsibility for my actions,” he said. Rosalind informed her family, friends and relatives.
Seven months later Rosalind called Gregg, and the couple rekindled their relationship.
He said, “The lessons from that night more than three decades ago were the foundation for a loving and devoted relationship, which we honored with our 25th anniversary this weekend.”
Gregg revealed that U.S. Soccer was contacted by an unidentified individual during the Qatar World Cup last month who told them “they had information about me that would ‘take me down’ — an apparent effort to leverage something very personal from long ago to bring about the end of my relationship with U.S. Soccer.”
U.S. Soccer is playing Tuesday said it hired Alston and Bird LLP After being contacted in December by the person, I was able to conduct an independent investigation.
U.S. Soccer learned about inappropriate behavior toward multiple staff members by individuals not affiliated with our organization through this process,” the statement said. We take such behavior seriously, and have expanded our investigation in order to include these allegations.
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The organization stated that they were grateful for Rosalind and Gregg’s willingness to talk openly about the incident. We will publish the findings of the investigation publically once they are complete, in keeping with our transparency commitment. U.S. Soccer strongly condemns violence of all kinds and takes such allegations seriously.
Gregg’s contract to U.S. Soccer ended Dec. 31, Yahoo Sports. It is unknown if he will continue to coach the men’s national soccer team.
U.S. soccer stated in a statement that U.S. soccer had launched a technical review of the Men’s National Team Program last month. U.S. soccer will soon announce the men’s national team camp leader for January, as the investigation and review are ongoing.
“We look forward building on the Qatar performance and preparing to embark on the journey towards 2026.”
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