Sam Kerr Tells Court She Feared Being Kidnapped, Prosecutors Allege Racial Abuse

Sam Kerr Tells Court She Feared Being Kidnapped, Prosecutors Allege Racial Abuse
Australian football star Sam Kerr departs Kingston Crown Court after a pre-trial hearing on January 14, 2025 in Kingston upon Thames, England. The Matildas star, who also plays professionally for Chelsea in the Women's Super League, is facing charges of "racially aggravated harassment" of a police officer related to an incident in Twickenham on January 30, 2023. The long delayed trial is scheduled to start next month. Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A night of celebration ended in Sam Kerr crawling out of the broken back window of a taxi, then being arrested for racially aggravated abuse of a London police officer, causing “harassment, alarm or distress,” a UK court has been told.

Jurors watched footage of the Australian women’s football captain telling officers she and partner Kristie Mewis feared they were being kidnapped after the driver refused to let them out of his cab following a row over compensation for vomit in the back of his vehicle.