Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment after the Chelsea star called a Metropolitan Police officer “stupid and white”.
A jury at Kingston Crown Court cleared her in relation to an incident in Twickenham, south-west London, on 30 January 2023.
Kerr, 31, said she was “antagonised” by officers after she and partner Kristie Mewis was taken to a police station by a taxi driver, following a disagreement over payment.
She did not deny using the words “stupid and white” but denied that she had made a racial offence towards PC Stephen Lovell in the early hours of the morning.
Kerr, 31, was on trial for the alleged abuse of PC Stephen Lovell in south-west London in the early hours of the morning in question, after a window had been smashed in the taxi’s rear.
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