Crime and Public Safety

Women’s Soccer Captain Sam Kerr Found Not Guilty for Racially Aggravated Harassment

A jury has found the Australian-born soccer player not guilty after it was alleged she used a racial slur against a British police officer in 2023.
Women’s Soccer Captain Sam Kerr Found Not Guilty for Racially Aggravated Harassment
Chelsea's Australian striker Sam Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court in south London on Feb. 11, 2025. JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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It took a jury just four hours and 17 minutes—including an hour for lunch—to find Australian women’s soccer captain Sam Kerr not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer after a six-day trial at Kingston Crown Court.

The charges arose after Kerr and her fiancee, U.S. international Kristie Mewis, got into an altercation with a London taxi driver on Jan. 30, 2023.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.