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Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment | iNFOnews.ca
Chelsea and Australia soccer player Samantha Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court, in south west London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, where she is charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

LONDON (AP) — Sam Kerr, one of the world’s top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain’s Press Association reported Tuesday.

Kerr, a striker for Australia and for English club Chelsea, accepted she called Police Constable Stephen Lovell “stupid and white” during a heated exchange at a police station after a night out, but had denied that it amounted to the charge.

The verdict came on the seventh day of the trial at Kingston Crown Court in London.

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment | iNFOnews.ca
Chelsea and Australia soccer player Samantha Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court, in south west London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, where she is charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment | iNFOnews.ca
Chelsea and Australia soccer player Samantha Kerr arrives at Kingston Crown Court, in south west London, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, where she is charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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