Sam Kerr frias i rätten – kallade polis ”dum och vit”
Chelseas stjärnanfallare Sam Kerr frias i brittisk domstol där hon stått åtalad för grova rasistiska trakasserier mot en polis, rapporterar Sky Sports.
Incidenten inträffade i början av 2023 då Kerr hamnade i bråk med en taxichaufför efter att hon uppges ha spytt i taxin. När polisen kopplades in kallade hon en av dem ”dum och vit”.
Kerr förnekar inte ordvalet, men menar att det inte var rasistiskt laddat. Rätten går på australiensarens linje och friar henne helt.
– Jag försökte uttrycka att de, på grund av makten och privilegierna de har, inte kunde förstå vad vi just gått igenom och rädslan vi hade för våra liv, säger Kerr.
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Sam Kerr
Wikipedia (en)
Samantha May Kerr (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Chelsea, and the Australia women's national team, which she has captained since 2019. Known for her speed, skill, and tenacity, Kerr is widely considered one of the best strikers in the world, and one of Australia's greatest athletes.
Kerr is the all-time leading Australian international scorer, with 69 international goals, and was the all-time leading scorer in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) in the United States until 2024. She is the only female soccer player to have won the Golden Boot in three different leagues and on three different continents—the W-League (Australia/New Zealand) in 2017–18 and 2018–19, the NWSL (North America) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and the Women's Super League (Europe) in 2020–21 and 2021–22.
Kerr started her career at the age of 15 with Perth Glory where she played from 2008 to 2012, before moving to Sydney FC. In 2013, she joined the Western New York Flash for the inaugural season of the NWSL and helped lead the team to win the NWSL Shield. She later played for Sky Blue FC and the Chicago Red Stars in the same league. In 2019, Kerr indicated her interest to play in Europe, and having fielded multiple offers from clubs such as Olympique Lyonnais, Kerr ultimately signed with Chelsea, so far winning 8 trophies with the club, including back-to-back-to-back Women's Super League titles, as well as helping the team reach the UEFA Women's Champions League final for the first time in 2021.
Kerr earned her first senior international cap in 2009 at the age of 15 and has since represented Australia at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup tournaments, the 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023 FIFA Women's World Cups, and the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. During the 2019 World Cup, she became the first Australian player to score a hat-trick at a World Cup tournament. In 2021, she captained the team to their historic first ever semi-final of a major tournament during the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, resulting in their best ever 4th-place finish.
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