Abby Wambach apologizes for DUI charge: 'I take full responsibility for my actions'

Abby Wambach.
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Retired soccer star Abby Wambach apologized to her "family, friends, fans, and those that look to follow a better example" on Sunday, hours after she was arrested on a DUI charge in Portland.

On her Facebook page, Wambach, 35, said, she was pulled over after dinner at a friend's house. "I take full responsibility for my actions," she said. "This is all on me. I promise that I will do whatever it takes to ensure that my horrible mistake is never repeated." Wambach wrote that those close to her "know that I have always demanded excellence from myself. I have let myself and others down."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.