Chelsea and Australia footballer Sam Kerr is about to face trial subsequent yr for alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer in London.
The striker appeared in courtroom earlier after being charged with utilizing insulting, threatening or abusive phrases that prompted alarm or misery to a police officer throughout an incident in Twickenham, southwest London on 30 January.
A Metropolitan Police spokesperson stated the incident concerned an officer who was responding to a criticism a couple of taxi fare.
Ms Kerr, 30, attended the listening to at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court by way of videolink and pleaded not responsible.
A four-day trial is now anticipated to happen subsequent February.
Ms Kerr has captained the Australia girls’s nationwide workforce since 2019 and scored their solely objective in final yr’s World Cup semi-final in opposition to England.
She is Australia’s all-time main scorer with 69 objectives and joined Chelsea in 2020.
The striker has helped the London membership win the final 4 Women’s Super League titles in addition to the FA Cup 3 times.
She is 2 months right into a prolonged interval on the sidelines after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament harm through the Blues’ warm-weather coaching camp in Morocco.
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