Chelsea and Australia star Sam Kerr has pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated harassment of a police officer and faces trial next year.

Australia’s superstar captain Samantha Kerr will face a criminal trial next year for alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, the Mail can reveal.

The Chelsea striker appeared in court yesterday accused of using insulting, threatening or abusive words which caused alarm or distress to PC Lovell during an incident in Twickenham, south-west London, on January 30.

The 30-year-old woman, who was wearing a white T-shirt under a black suit jacket when she appeared at Kingston Crown Court via video link, spoke only to confirm her identity and plead not guilty to the charge.

She was told she was required to attend a four-day trial, scheduled for next February, during which two police officers were expected to testify.

The 30-year-old, who was wearing a white T-shirt under a black suit jacket when she appeared at Kingston Crown Court (pictured) via video link.

The Chelsea striker appeared in court on Monday accused of using insulting, threatening or abusive words which caused PC Lovell alarm or distress.

Australia’s all-time leading goalscorer was selected to carry her nation’s flag at King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey last May.

Judge Judith Elaine Coello said it was understood that the footballer’s defense would be that his intention was not to bother the police officer.

“My understanding of the defense is that she did not intend to cause alarm, harassment or distress to the officer, (her behavior) did not extend to him and was not racially aggravated,” the judge asked Kerr’s lawyer, Grace Forbes.

The charge comes as Kerr, who has scored 99 goals in 128 games for Chelsea since signing in 2019, is sidelined with a long-term ACL injury suffered during the club’s warm-weather training camp. in Monaco in January.

Judge Judith Elaine Coello said it was understood that the footballer’s defense would be that his intention was not to bother the police officer. Kerr after being a substitute in an AFC Women’s Asian Olympic Qualifier match

Samantha Kerr and her fiancé Kirstie Mewis pictured after the striker proposed to her

Known as ‘Millionaire Mathilda’ due to her enormous career earnings, Kerr is the only player to have won the golden boot in three different leagues and on three different continents.

Australia’s all-time leading goalscorer was selected to carry her nation’s flag at King Charles’ coronation at Westminster Abbey last May, leading a Commonwealth contingent that included Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Kerr, originally from Fremantle in Western Australia, has been shortlisted for the Women’s Ballon d’Or every year since its inception in 2018.

She has won four Women’s Super League titles with Chelsea, as well as three FA Cups, two Women’s League Cups and the Women’s Community Shield in 2020.

Kerr and her professional partner Kristie Mewis, 32, who plays in the American league, the NWSL, confirmed last November that the couple were engaged to be married.