Chelsea Forward Sam Kerr has been found to be guilty of racially worsening harassment after referring to a metropolitan police officer as “stupid and white”.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court ended up in the verdict on the incident, which took place on Twickenham, southwest London, on January 30, 2023.
Kerr, 31, claimed he was “competed” by officers after being transferred to a taxi police station after a dispute.
While admitting using the words “stupid and white” to PC Stephen Lovell, she denied that her comments were a tribal offense.
The Australian international showed its relief to court, giving a thumb to its legal team before leaving its fiancé, Kristie Mewis.
The controversy began after a taxi driver transported Kerr and Mewis to the Twickenham Police Department, claiming that they refused to cover the cost of cleaning after one of them being ill in the vehicle.
The driver also claimed that one of the women had broken the back of the taxi.
Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been found to be guilty of causing racially deteriorated harassment after calling a “stupid and white” metropolitan police officer. pic.twitter.com/zacfl8hjpu
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Judge Peter Lodder noted that Kerr’s actions played a role in the legal process.
“I take the view that her behavior has greatly contributed to attracting this claim,” she said.
“I don’t go behind the verdict of the jury, but this has a significant relationship with the cost of cost.”
During the trial, Kerr acknowledged that she regretted how she expressed herself, but argued: “I feel the message was still relevant.
“I thought he was the one who used his power and privilege on me because he accusing me of being something I was not.
“I was trying to express it because of the power and privilege they had. They should never understand what we had gone through and the fear we had for our lives.”
It has now been revealed that Kerr’s legal team has tried to dismiss the case in a preliminary hearing, arguing that the Crown (CPS) Public Prosecutor’s Office (CPS) had abused the procedure.
Her lawyer, Grace Forbes, accused the CPS of violating her own guidelines, stating that a “gap” was used in the victim review system used to justify the promotion of the case a year after the suspected offense.
During the trial, PC Lovell was challenged by his statements about the incident. Initially, he did not say that he was disappointed with Kerr’s observations, but in a second statement made in December 2023, he described the feeling that “shocked, upset and (left) humiliated”.
