Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr has been cleared of accusations that she racially harassed a police officer by calling him “stupid and white.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident happened in the early hours of January 30, 2023, in south-west London. Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham player Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when a taxi driver took them to a police station to complain that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after one of them was sick and that one of them had smashed the vehicle’s rear window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, after reviewing the case, a jury decided she was not guilty. The verdict was reached after about four hours of discussion at Kingston Crown Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the judge acknowledged Kerr\u2019s behavior played a role in the situation, he emphasized that the jury had made its decision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kerr remained expressionless as the verdict was read but gave a thumbs-up to her lawyer afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chelsea footballer Sam Kerr has been cleared of accusations that she racially harassed a police officer by calling him “stupid and white.” The incident happened in the early hours of January 30, 2023, in south-west London. Kerr, 31, and her partner, West Ham player Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when a taxi driver took them to a police station to complain that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after one of them was sick and that one of them had smashed the vehicle’s rear window. However, after reviewing the case, a jury decided she was not guilty. The verdict was reached after about four hours of discussion at Kingston Crown Court. While the judge acknowledged Kerr\u2019s behavior played a role in the situation, he emphasized that the jury had made its decision. Kerr remained expressionless as the verdict was read but gave a thumbs-up to her lawyer afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-women-football"],"yoast_head":"\n