SUMMARY
- Soccer player Sam Kerr, from Chelsea and Australia, faces trial in the UK for racially harassing a police officer.
- Kerr confirmed her identity and entered a not-guilty plea via video link at Kingston Crown Court.
The soccer player for Chelsea and Australia, Sam Kerr, is scheduled to go on trial in the UK on charges of harassing a police officer in a racist manner. The 30-year-old is charged with using derogatory, threatening, or abusive language against an officer who had been responding to a complaint regarding a taxi fare in Twickenham, southwest London, on January 30, 2023.
According to the Daily Mail, Kerr only spoke to confirm her identity and register a not-guilty plea when she appeared via video link at Kingston Crown Court. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement: “Samantha Kerr, 30 (10.09.93) of Richmond was charged via postal charge requisition on 21 January with a racially aggravated offence under Section 4A Public Order Act 1986.
[Molly Hudson]: Breaking: Chelsea striker Sam Kerr today appeared in court accused of alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer (PC Lovell). She plead not guilty. There will be a four-day trial, scheduled for next February.
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“The charge relates to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham.” Two police officers are set to testify in Kerr’s trial, which is anticipated to take place in February of next year. There will be four days in the trial.
It remains to be seen how this story unfolds regarding Sam Kerr in the coming year, 2025. Sam Kerr is one of the best women’s soccer players of her generation and has a lot of respect from the soccer community. She has won numerous accolades in her career but now faces an uphill battle off the pitch.
Sam Kerr pleaded not guilty to ‘racially aggravated offense’
Australian women’s captain and Chelsea FC player entered a not-guilty plea to a charge of “racially aggravated offense” against a police officer, according to British officials. The 30-year-old striker was accused on January 30, 2023, in Twickenham, a southwest London district, after a confrontation involving an officer. According to a statement sent to CNN by a representative of the Metropolitan Police, the officer was “responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare.”
Sam Kerr is set to face trial after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.
The Chelsea striker pleaded not guilty to the offence at a court hearing on Monday, the Crown Prosecution Service said. pic.twitter.com/kChxLagpzZ
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) March 4, 2024
The Crown Prosecution Service confirmed to CNN that Kerr had rejected the accusation before the Kingston Upon Thames Crown Court. According to the Met Police, she is expected to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on February 1, 2025. “Football Australia” declared that they would “support” their captain and that it was “aware of the legal proceedings involving Sam Kerr in the United Kingdom.”
Sam Kerr did not inform the FA about her charges
James Johnson, the FA’s chief executive, stated that Kerr failed to notify the organization about the accusation. He said, “I woke up this morning like everyone else did to the news, We have got our own questions that we’d like to know, we have got to find out what actually happened.”
#LiarKerr untrustworthy racist #SamKerr Sam Kerr is NOT a role model for our children.
Soccer Australia is so out of touch. pic.twitter.com/Y3p4rd1eFH
— Mrs S 2023 😘 (@MrsS2023) March 5, 2024
Since 2019, Kerr has led the Australian women’s team as captain. She has received the Golden Boot award from three different continents: the Women’s Super League in Europe, the NWSL in North America, and the W-League in Australia and New Zealand. Sam Kerr will be hoping for a positive result from these court proceedings as soon as possible.