Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has denied that calling a police officer “white” was used as an insult as she was cross-examined during her trial in London on a charge of racially aggravated harassment.

U.S. international Kristie Mewis told a court on Thursday that her fiancee Sam Kerr was “speaking her truth in how she was feeling” when she called a police officer “stupid and white”. Kerr, one of women’s football’s most decorated players,

Australia women's soccer captain Sam Kerr said she felt British police treated her differently because of the colour of her skin, as she gave evidence in a London court on Wednesday while on trial accused of racially abusing a white police officer.

A police officer said he felt "belittled and upset" following an incident involving Chelsea forward Sam Kerr, but insisted he "didn't make something up to get a charge over the line," a court heard on Tuesday.

Australia women's soccer captain Sam Kerr went on trial in a London court on Monday, accused of racially abusing a white police officer after a drunken dispute with a cab driver.

The Australia international denies a charge of causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell during an incident in south-west London in the early hours of 30 January 2023. When it was put to her under cross-examination at Kingston Crown Court that she "chose to show hostility" towards the officer "because of his whiteness",

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr denied that calling a police officer "white" was used as an insult as she was cross-examined in her trial on Thursday on a charge of racially aggravated harassment.