Chelsea supervisor Emma Hayes says Sam Kerr has the membership’s “full help” after being charged with racially aggravated harassment of a London police officer.
The Australia captain is scheduled to seem at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court docket on 3 February 2025.
“Sam has our full help, she is aware of that,” stated Hayes.
“It is a tough time for her. In fact I can not remark, you realize that. I can say that I do know she’s pleaded not responsible and I do not wish to do something to jeopardise something for Sam by talking about it.
“For that cause, I am positive you’ll be able to admire that is all I will say on the matter. However she has our full help, she is aware of that, it is actually essential I get that throughout, it is one thing I actually, actually worth.
“There’s tough moments, powerful instances and that is what my position is at this soccer membership – to verify I take care of our individuals – and I wish to make it clear that Sam might be supported by me and everyone else.”
Kerr was charged on 21 January this 12 months “with a racially aggravated offence underneath Part 4A [of the] Public Order Act 1986”, a Metropolitan Police spokesperson stated.
“The cost pertains to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a criticism involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham,” they added.
Kerr denied the cost at a plea and trial preparation listening to at Kingston upon Thames Crown Court docket on Monday.
The striker is at the moment sidelined after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament harm on the membership’s heat climate coaching camp in Morocco in January.