A jury has found Chelsea striker Sam Kerr not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment after calling a police officer “stupid and white”.
The Australian football star was charged after an incident in Twickenham in the early hours of the 30th of January 2023.
Kingston Crown Court was told Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham midfielder Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when they were driven to Twickenham Police Station by a taxi driver.
The driver had complained that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after one of them was sick and that one of them smashed the vehicle’s rear window.
At the police station, Kerr was accused of becoming “abusive and insulting” towards PC Stephen Lovell, calling him “f****** stupid and white”.
During the trial, she denied suggesting PC Lovell was “stupid because he was white”.
She told the court she “feared for my life” as she and her partner were “trapped” in the back of a taxi, moments before Ms Mewis smashed the vehicle’s rear window.
Judge Peter Lodder KC said after the verdict: “I take the view her own behaviour contributed significantly to the bringing of this allegation.
“I don’t go behind the jury’s verdict but that has a significant bearing on the question of costs.”
