Chelsea star Sam Kerr today told a court “I feared for life” in a drunken taxi labor before she noticed an agent “F *** ING Dom and White”.
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, was said.
After he reportedly refused to pay a cleaning costs, the taxi driver drove the couple to the police station of Twickenham.
Once there, Kerr, who is currently being sidelined by Chelsea with an ACL injury, “offensive and offensive” opposite PC Stephen Lovell, was heard jury members.
The Aussie International gave proof that she had stopped her head out of the window when she started to feel sick before the driver “rolled it up” and started “riding dangerously”.
Kerr said to Kingston Crown Court: “He accelerated and started waving in and out of lanes … We were thrown around.
“I couldn't hear what he said. He was accelerated and stopped.
“We had none of our belts, so we got up and tried to talk to him … It felt like he went where he thought everywhere … I was terrified.”
Kerr said that the dangerous driving went on for 15 to 20 minutes – so that 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 “.
Images that were played on jury members previously showed Kerr at the police station and said, “To be honest, you are stupid and white”.
She also refers to the murder of Sarah Everard – who says the officer: “See what happened last year when a girl accepted the help of a police officer in Clapham and was raped and killed.”
At a certain moment in the Bodycam video, Kerr de Taxi driver noticed an “F *** Ing liar” and calls him a “stupid C ***”.
Public Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said that the police officer was “shocked, upset and humiliated” by the comments.
He added: “He took offense to the comments that Mrs. Kerr made about his race because you think he really had nothing to do with a white man.”
Matildas captain Kerr has not argued not guilty of racially aggravated intimidation.
The court heard that she described the moment on January 30, 2023, as “heated” and said that she “was just very angry about how I felt”.
Jones added: “Mrs. Kerr said that both himself and Mrs. Mewis cried then.”
Kerr's lawyer Grace Forbes told jury members that no one disputes the words that were used, but that they do not “guilty of a criminal offense”.
She continued: “The words were a comment, no matter how badly expressed, about power positions, about privilege and how those things can color perception of the color.”
Kerr has scored 99 goals in 128 games since he came to 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 foundation in 2018.
Kerr has a relationship with colleague football player Kristie, where the couple were engaged last year.
They announced in November that they expect a baby together.
The process continues.
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