Chelsea star Sam Kerr was not found guilty of the racist abuse of an agent after he had branded him “F *** ING Dom and White” in a drunken row.
The 31 -year -old was out with her partner – colleague – footballer Kristie Mewis – when one was sick in the cabin and the other hit a window.
After the couple refused to pay a clean -up costs, the driver drove the couple to the police station of Twickenham.
Once there, Kerr was accused of becoming “offensive and offensive” towards PC Stephen Lovell.
Images showed the Australia International in the police station and said, “To be honest, you are stupid and white”.
Kerr, who is currently being sidelined by Chelsea with an ACL injury, has now not been found guilty of causing racially aggravated intimidation.
She gave a thumbs up to her lawyer when the verdict was returned after a day of deliberation.
After the decision, Kerr made a statement in which she apologized for “badly express myself about what a traumatic evening was”.
Add: “I did not intend to insult or harm someone.”
Kingston Crown Court heard that the alleged verbal attack took place on January 30, 2023.
Kerr denied the use of “whiteness as insult” and believed that she was treated differently “because of the color of my skin”.
She said to jury members: “I believed he was that he used his power and privileges over me because he accused me of being something that I am not.
“I tried to express that because of the power and the privilege they had, they should never understand what we had just experienced and the fear we had for our lives.”
Asked if she said that PC Lovell was “stupid because he was white,” said Kerr, “No.”
Reminding the events that have the anger prior to the rage, Kerr said that she had stopped her head out of the taxi window when she started to feel sick.
She claimed that the driver then “Op Rolde” and started “dangerous driving” – so that she and Kristie “thrown around”.
Kerr said this took 15 to 20 minutes – so she felt “terrified for my life”.
She said that there was “no reasoning” with the driver, even after partner Kristie begged him to stop.
Kerr added: “Everything went through my head in a car with a stranger that I considered dangerous.
'Kristie was very sad. She cried and scared. I've never seen her before and it scared me.
“I started to realize how serious the situation was. It brought me to the protective mode … He had the power over us.
“We had no control … I considered him dangerous because of driving, but also because he could have taken us somewhere. He could not be followed so that nobody knew where we were.”
Kerr said that the couple tried to open the doors and windows several times, but they kept locked.
In the end, Kristie (the window) with her boot “, which resulted in Kerr with” relieved “.
Once she arrived at the police station, Kerr referred to the murder of Sarah Everard – the officer told: “Look what happened last year when a girl accepted the help of a police officer in Clapham and was raped and killed.”
Public Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said that the police officer was “shocked, upset and humiliated” by the comments.
Matildas Captain Kerr did not owe racially aggravated intimidation guilty.
The football player scored 99 goals in 128 games since he joined Chelsea in 2019.
During her time there, the team won four Super League titles for ladies, three FA Cups, two Women's League Cups and the Women's Community Shield.
But the striker was torn in January last year in the club of the club in Morocco.
Kerr is the record position of her country of all time with 64 goals in 125 games for the Matildas.
She has also been nominated for the Ballon d'Or Féminin – the main prize in women's football – every year since its founding in 2018.
Kerr and fiancé Kristie were engaged last year and expect a baby together.
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