Chelsea’s Sam Kerr to face trial next year over alleged racially aggravated harassment

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Chelsea and Australia striker Sam Kerr will seem in courtroom subsequent 12 months for the alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.

The 30-year-old was charged with the offence on January 21 underneath Part 4A of the Public Order Act.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson stated that the cost “pertains to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a grievance involving a taxi fare on January 30, 2023 in Twickenham”.

Kerr is because of seem at a trial at Wimbledon Magistrates Court docket, south-west London, on February 1, 2025.

Kerr is sidelined for the remainder of the 2023-24 season after suffering an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury throughout a heat climate coaching camp in Morocco in January. The Australia captain underwent profitable surgical procedure shortly after sustaining the damage.

The Athletic reported in January that Kerr has agreed in principle to extend her contract at Chelsea. Her current deal is because of expire in the summertime.

Kerr joined Chelsea in 2019 after departing from Chicago Purple Stars, and renewed her contract in November 2021. Throughout her time with the Ladies’s Tremendous League facet, she has scored 99 targets in 128 matches, contributing to 4 WSL titles, three FA Cups, and two League Cups.

She represented Australia finally summer season’s Ladies’s World Cup, having initially been sidelined in the course of the group stage resulting from a calf damage. Nonetheless, she made a comeback for the knockout stage, aiding the joint-hosts as they superior to the semi-finals, solely to be defeated by eventual runners-up England.

The Athletic has contacted Chelsea for remark.