The Australian soccer star has been found not guilty of racially abusing a UK police officer by a British jury in a unanimous verdict.
Australian soccer star Samantha Kerr has been found not guilty of racially abusing a UK police officer by a British jury in a unanimous verdict.
Kerr, her parents Roger and Roxanne, brother Levi and pregnant fiancée Kristie Mewis, were all present for their decision. Kerr, wearing a white shirt, showed little emotion when the verdict was read, but Mewis broke down in tears and was comforted by Roger. The pair told the court they were in an intoxicated and highly distressed state, having believed the taxi driver had tried to kidnap them and hold them “hostage”. Things took a turn in the cab ride from Oxford Street to Kerr’s then home in Richmond after she vomited in the taxi.
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