Sam Kerr testifies calling officer ‘white’ was not insult

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr denied that calling a police officer “white” was used as an insult as she was cross-examined in her trial on Thursday on a charge of racially aggravated harassment.

Kerr, also the Australia captain, was speaking on the fourth day of the trial at Kingston Crown Court, following an incident in London on Jan. 30, 2023.

It is alleged that Kerr and her partner, West Ham United and United States women’s national team midfielder Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when they were driven to the police station by a taxi driver, who complained that they refused to pay cleanup costs after one of them was sick, and that one of them smashed the vehicle’s rear window.

Kerr, who said she feared for her life as she felt “trapped” during the taxi ride, is alleged to have become abusive and insulting toward police constable Stephen Lovell at the police station, calling him “stupid and white.” Kerr has accepted making the comments but denies that they amount to the charge.

Asked by prosecutors if she was using Lovell’s “whiteness as an insult” during the heated exchange with him at the police station, Kerr replied: “No, that’s not what I meant.”

Kerr, who identifies as a white…