Chelsea forward Sam Kerr has testified that police treated her differently because of “the color of my skin,” a court heard Wednesday during the Australia star’s trial on a charge of racially aggravated harassment on a police officer.

Sam Kerr said she felt she was treated differently by police officers based on “what they perceived to be the colour of my skin”, a court heard on Wednesday. The Chelsea striker is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to PC Stephen Lovell by calling him “stupid and white” during an incident inside a police station on January 30,

Australia women's soccer captain Sam Kerr said she felt British police treated her differently because of the colour of her skin, as she gave evidence in a London court on Wednesday while on trial accused of racially abusing a white police officer.

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr said she feared for her life when "trapped" in a taxi before she was alleged to have caused racially aggravated harassment to a police officer, a court heard.

The Chelsea and Australia striker, one of world soccer's biggest stars, is charged with racially abusing a police officer. The post Soccer star Sam Kerr speaks of taxi terror with girlfriend and denies racism at her trial appeared first on Outsports.

Chelsea striker Sam Kerr said she "feared for my life" while she and her partner were in the back of a taxi moments before one of them smashed the vehicle's rear window. It is alleged Kerr, 31, and her partner,

The Australia international is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to Pc Stephen Lovell.