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  • Picabo Street Arrested, Charged with Domestic Violence After Allegedly Pushing Dad Down Flight of Stairs

    Olympic skier Picabo Street was arrested and charged with three counts of misdemeanor domestic violence and one count of misdemeanor assault for an altercation that took place between her and her 76-year-old father, Roland Street, two days before Christmas.

    The 911 call made by Street was released on Thursday.

    “He got his hands on me and I put him down the stairs,” she is heard telling the dispatcher in the recording.

    A woman who Picabo Street refers to as “Mom” is heard in the background disputing her daughter’s version of the incident.

    “I saw what you did to him,” the woman says.

    “Oh my God, are you kidding me? He scratched me on my face,” Picabo Street replies.

    Following their investigation, Salt Lake City prosecutors say Picabo Street was the aggressor in the altercation. She is accused of throwing her father down the stairs and locking him in the basement. Mr. Street suffered cuts and bruises on his face and neck.

    Roland Street hasn’t been charged in the altercation, nor is he under investigation.

    According to Utah Summit County prosecutor Ivy Telles, “That’s not to say that Mr. Street was not involved in the altercation at all, it’s just to say that she basically started it.”

    A hearing is set for February 16. Picabo Street believes the situation is a private family matter is hoping to find an “amicable resolution” to it.

    Picabo Street was the first American woman to win the World Cup downhill season title in 1995. She served as an analyst for Fox Sports during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

  • Picabo Street: Olympic Skier Charged With Domestic Violence Against 76-Year-Old Father

    Olympic skier Picabo Street was charged with domestic violence by Utah authorities for an incident that took place back on December 23. The 911 call was released on Thursday.

    Heard on the 911 recording, Picabo Street says the fight started when her father, Roland Street, bumped into her house with his car during snowy weather.

    “He got his hands on me and I put him down the stairs,” she tells the dispatcher.

    A woman who Picabo Street refers to as “Mom” is heard in the background disputing her daughter’s version of the incident.

    “I saw what you did to him,” the woman says.

    “Oh my God, are you kidding me? He scratched me on my face,” Picabo Street replies.

    Salt Lake City prosecutors say, following their investigation, that Picabo Street was the aggressor. She is accused of throwing Roland Street down the stairs and locking him in the basement. Mr. Street suffered cuts and bruises on his face and neck.

    Also on the 911 recording, Picabo Street is heard explaining that she tried to dig out her parents’ car so they could use her car, saying her father “freaks out on me, he always calls me all kinds of names, whatever, tells me I’m a freak.”

    Roland Street hasn’t been charged in the altercation, nor is he under investigation.

    Park City, Utah Summit County prosecutor Ivy Telles says “That’s not to say that Mr. Street was not involved in the altercation at all, it’s just to say that she basically started it.”

    The skier, 44, was arrested and bailed out, and later charged with three counts of misdemeanor domestic violence in the presence of a child and one count of misdemeanor assault.

    A hearing is set for February 16, and Picabo Street is hoping to find an “amicable resolution” to what she believed to be a private family matter.

    Picabo Street was the first American woman to win the World Cup downhill season title in 1995. She served as an analyst for Fox Sports during the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

  • Katie Uhlaender Selects Helmet From Twitter Vote

    Katie Uhlaender is a 29-year-old skeleton racer from Breckenridge, Colorado, who is currently competing in the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Uhlaender has been competing in skeleton racing since 2003, and she is also a two-time gold medal recipient from the Women’s Skeleton World Cup (2006 and 2007). For her involvement in this year’s Olympics in Sochi, Uhlaender has turned to Twitter to ask the public’s opinion about the helmet she will wear when she races.

    Uhlaender’s journey to Sochi has not been a bright one. In 2009, one year prior to Uhlaender’s invitation to Sochi, her father Ted (a well-known MLB outfielder), who she was very close to, died of a heart attack.

    This past Thursday (February 6th), Uhlaender tweeted “Help me pick back helmet for #sochi2014” and displayed a picture of two different eagle-designed helmets. At the time of this article, the Twitter post from Uhlaender’s account currently has 16 retweets and has been favorited 22 times.

    According to The Chicago Tribune, Uhlaender announced this past Monday that she will be wearing a dramatic Eagle-themed helmet during her competition in the women’s skeleton event later in the week. Uhlaender stated her reaction to her Twitter-chosen helmet below:

    “I just decided to tweet a photo of both helmets and see what the public thought. Because I wasn’t sure about changing helmets just before the Olympics was a good idea and it blew up. There were like a thousand tweets about it. I decided to tally it up and let them pick my helmet.”

    The helmet that Uhlaender has selected was made by the same person who designed various helmets for Olympic skier Picabo Street, who serves as a mentor to Uhlaender. “She is an inspiration for me,” Uhlaender stated as she praised Street, “She offered to hook me up with her guy that painted her 2002 helmet, and this is what he came up with.”

    Uhlaender is slated to compete in the skeleton race this coming Friday (February 14th). To keep up with the various Olympic athletes on Twitter, be sure to visit Twellow’s Olympics category.

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