It was a drunken night out that ended in an exchange in a south-west London police station. Such incidents are commonplace for officers and rarely garner much furore. But this particular case has captured the attention of football fans around the world.
Sam Kerr, the captain of the Australian women’s football team and Chelsea’s star striker, was at the centre of the incident in the early hours of 30 January 2023. When the charge of racially aggravated harassment was filed against her last year, the hearts of many sports fans around the world sank.
