Sam Kerr racial abuse case to go ahead after allegedly calling police officer a 'stupid white bastard'
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Matildas star Sam Kerr will go on trial next month for racially abusing a police officer. The 31-year-old faced Kingston Crown Court in London on Tuesday, hoping the charge would be dismissed, but was committed to stand trial from Feb. 3. The Chelsea striker is alleged to have insulted, threatened, or caused alarm or distress to a police office while returning home in a taxi following a night out with her fiancee Kristie Mewis on January 30, 2023.
![[Kerr (pictured right with her fiancee Kristie Mewis) has been charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/10/94070847-14282123-image-a-66_1736851637955.jpg)
Kerr allegedly labelled PC Stephen Lovell a 'stupid white b*****d' after he spoke to her regarding a dispute over the taxi fare. Kerr's legal representatives denied she used the word 'bastard', instead allegedly calling the officer a 'stupid white cop'.
![[Kerr was ushered into the building as she looked to re-start her bid to get the case thrown out]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/10/94070961-14282123-image-a-68_1736851666278.jpg)
Kerr's barrister Grace Forbes previously requested CCTV footage from outside Twickenham police station and inside their custody suite be submitted as evidence. Chelsea and Matildas star Sam Kerr (left) faced Kingston Crown Court for a pre-trial hearing.
![[Kerr (left) has spent some time on the sidelines after rupturing her ACL in January of last year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/10/94070845-14282123-image-a-65_1736851632604.jpg)
Kerr (pictured right with her fiancee Kristie Mewis) has been charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment. Kerr was ushered into the building as she looked to re-start her bid to get the case thrown out. It is understood PC Lovell was called to the scene at Twickenham due to a dispute over the taxi fare after the superstar footballer had spent a night out celebrating a FA Cup win over Liverpool - where she scored a hat-trick.
![[The superstar striker is also expecting a baby with her partner, announcing the news last year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/14/10/94070855-14282123-image-a-69_1736851684800.jpg)
