Kerr apology 'enough', says Chelsea boss Bompastor

Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor says Sam Kerr's apology "is enough" and that the club will not be taking any further disciplinary action following the player's court case.

On Tuesday, Kerr was found not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment after calling a Metropolitan Police officer "stupid and white" following an incident in Twickenham on 30 January 2023.

After the case, the 31-year-old Australia international apologised "for expressing myself poorly on what was a traumatic evening".

Bompastor said: "Sam made a statement, she apologised and I think that is enough.

"Everyone can make mistakes and that's what you learn from and that's how you move forward.

"What she was facing last week was hard enough for her so the only thing we want to do as a club is support her."

The trial heard Kerr and her partner Kristie Mewis had been out drinking when they were driven to Twickenham Police Station by a taxi driver who complained that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after Kerr was sick, and Mewis had smashed the vehicle's rear window.

Kerr said she and her partner had feared for their lives and in an expletive-laden exchange, accused one of the police officers of being "stupid and white".

The Chelsea striker, who made the comments to PC Stephen Lovell, did not deny using the words "stupid and white" but denied it amounted to a racial offence.

Bompastor, who has been in charge at Chelsea since succeeding Emma Hayes in May, said she was "surprised" Kerr was involved in a court case.

"Who she is doesn't reflect what I heard in the court and what I was reading in the newspapers," Bompastor added.

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