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Sam Kerr, one of the world’s top female football players, was not found guilty on Tuesday for a racial harassment to a police officer.
Kerr, a striker for Australia and English club Chelsea, acknowledged that he called the police constable Stephen Levil “stupid and white” during a warm exchange at a police station in London in January 2023, but from It was refused that his number was his. Charge
The decision came after more than four hours of talks by a jury of 12 people and the seventh day of the trial in the Kingston Crown Court in London.
“After today’s guilty decision, I can eventually put this difficult period behind me,” Kerr said in a statement published on Instagram. “Although I apologize for showing myself in a bad way about a traumatic evening, but I have always maintained that I do not intend to insult or harm anyone and I am grateful that jury Agrees unanimously. ”
It has been alleged that Kerr and his fiancee, Christie Mews, a US football player contract with the English team West Ham, when they were drinking alcohol while taking a taxi driver to the police station, which He complained that he refused to pay for cleaning. After being ill, one of them broke the back window of the vehicle.
Kerr, who said he was afraid of his life when he feels “trapped” during a taxi ride, is alleged to have been abusive and humiliating towards the police station at the police station. Saying “stupid and white” he used exploitation. While investigating in court, Kerr said he expressed his expressed and denied that Lavil had been refused to call “White”.
Kerr, who identifies a white Anglo -Indian as a Indian, said: “I am sure he is using his power and privilege on me because he was accusing me of accusing me that I am not… I have power. Because of the reason they were trying to express it and the privilege they (the police) had, they would never have to understand what we had just passed, and the fear we had spent for our lives. Yes.
After reaching the jury’s decision, Judge Peter Lodder said of Kerr: “I play a significant role in bringing this theory to this accusation by my behavior. I do not go behind the jury’s decision but its costs. The question has a significant effect.
The Cairo trial has been reported in Australia itself, every day it has been well separated by domestic media in court.
The debate about the allegation while interviewing the police is from the authenticity of the allegations to the conduct of Kerr.
His status as a captain of Metaldess, a very favorite national women’s football team, has become questioned by critics. Kerr is a captain for Australia and a well -known scorer for all time, with 69 goals since its start in 2009.
Football Australia said she welcomed Kerr’s statement and would talk to her about the incident.
“Football Australia invests a lot in raising all the behavior and expectations involved in our game, especially for all our national team players, where leadership field I come with more responsibilities and outside. ” “(We) will consider learning from this matter with Sam and we will continue to provide proper support to move it forward.”
On Wednesday, the statement also said that football Australia “recognizes the important pressure that Sam, Christie, his family and everyone involved in this matter, including what he did on his game. The effects have been made.
“Throughout this period, Football Australia has been determined to support the SAM and will continue at this time as she focuses on her football career, restoration from injury and returning to the game.”
Kerr joined Chelsea in 2019 and scored 99 goals in 128 games for the London Club, which is a high -ranking English champion and a top contender for the Women’s Champions League title.
He has not played since maintaining ACL injury during a warm weather training camp with Chelsea in Morocco in January 2024.
It is expected that in the coming weeks of Kerr, the 2026 AFC Asian Cup lead will return over time, to play for Australia in a pair of international friendship against South Korea in April.
