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Key Points
- Football star Sam Kerr admitted in a recording that she regretted not walking away from a confrontation with police.
- She is currently on trial, charged with racially aggravated harassment with intent to cause alarm or distress.
- Kerr called a London officer “f***ing stupid and white” following a dispute with a taxi driver.
“I wish I had just gone home. Wish I had walked away and dealt with it in the morning,” Kerr said in an audio recording of an interview conducted on the night of January 30, 2023, in the hours after her arrest.
Earlier, the jury of eight women and four men heard police constable Stephen Lovell reject a claim by Kerr’s counsel, Grace Forbes, that he said Kerr’s description of him as “f***king stupid and white” distressed him “purely to get a criminal charge over the line”.
Kerr, 31, was arrested after a night out with her partner — US international Kristie Mewis — celebrating a hat trick Kerr had scored for Chelsea, went sour.
The pair, described as “inebriated, emotional and in distress,” were then interviewed in the police station during which Kerr and her partner accused the police of taking the taxi driver’s word against theirs.
The criminal damage element was dropped soon after, with the 900 pounds ($A1800) being paid.
The trial continues.
