″File a police report, I’ve got f--king Chelsea going on it,” said the global soccer superstar to the increasingly terse police officer on the video blared around the world. “I will have the best lawyers, don’t f--king worry. Because I would never say no to paying.”
The superstar is Matildas captain Sam Kerr, upset and emotional after a night on the turps celebrating a hat-trick at a Chelsea game in January 2023. Whether she goes to jail for calling policeman Stephen Lovell “stupid and white” is up to a British court, which is assessing it, controversially, as “racially aggravated harassment”. Whether she remains captain of the Matildas has more to do with public opinion, and its tolerance for entitled or idiotic athletes behaving badly.
Myriam RobinSenior writerMyriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
