Sam Kerr Mutters Two Words Under Her Breath as Her Racial Abuse Case Is Given the Green Light
Tamara Prenn and Shayne Bugden, Daily Mail, January 15, 2025
Matildas star Sam Kerr has been caught on video muttering the words ‘oi ya’ at a group of reporters after learning she will go on trial next month for racially abusing a police officer.
The 31-year-old faced Kingston Crown Court in London on Tuesday, hoping the charge would be dismissed, but was committed to stand trial from Feb. 3.
The Chelsea striker is alleged to have insulted, threatened, or caused alarm or distress to a police office while returning home in a taxi following a night out with her fiancee Kristie Mewis on January 30, 2023.
Kerr allegedly labelled PC Stephen Lovell a ‘stupid white b*****d’ after he spoke to her regarding a dispute over the taxi fare.
Kerr’s legal representatives denied she used the word ‘bastard’, instead allegedly calling the officer a ‘stupid white cop’.
Outside the court, the Matildas star was heard using the phrase as she tried to press through a group of journalists while she made her way to a waiting vehicle.
Kerr’s barrister Grace Forbes previously requested CCTV footage from outside Twickenham police station and inside their custody suite be submitted as evidence.
It is understood PC Lovell was called to the scene at Twickenham due to a dispute over the taxi fare after the superstar footballer had spent a night out celebrating a FA Cup win over Liverpool – where she scored a hat-trick.
Kerr also reportedly vomited in the taxi and at the time was arrested and interviewed.
The trial is due to begin on February 3 and last multiple days, but Kerr – who has been in the midst of a long recovery after rupturing her ACL in January 2024 – is not obligated to attend.
With regard to on-the-pitch matters, Kerr – who is expecting her first child with fiancee Mewis – is targeting a return to her Chelsea side in March at the earliest, the Blues head coach Sonia Bompastor has revealed.
‘We are looking to maybe have her back with us [in] February [or] March, not before that,” Bompastor told the media last month. “She’s still on her individual process rehab.
‘It will take at least two or three more months for her to be fit enough to be with the squad.’
