Sam Kerr was placed in police custody as fresh details of incident emerge

Sam Kerr spent time behind bars on the night of her alleged incident with a police officer, it has emerged.

The Matildas captain has pleaded not guilty to a charge of racial harassment of a police officer that resulted from an incident on January 30, 2023, in Twickenham.

About 3am on the night in question, the Chelsea striker allegedly vomited in a taxi, was involved in a dispute about the taxi fare, and allegedly called an attending police officer a “stupid white bastard”.

The Australian, however, has since reported Kerr’s legal team will argue she said the phrase “stupid white cop” during the incident.

Kerr’s legal team is preparing to apply to have the case thrown out when the case continues on April 26.

Kerr was charged on January 21 this year, but Football Australia was only made aware of the situation last week when Kerr appeared at Kingston Crown Court via videolink to enter her plea of not guilty.

New details of the 2023 incident have now come to light with documents from Kerr’s March 4 appearance showing the 30-year-old was detained and spent time in a holding cell, The Australian first reported.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports Kerr was placed in a police custody suite inside a police station and was interviewed during that time.

News Corp reports Kerr’s legal team has requested for further video footage of the incident to be made available to them.

Kerr’s legal team is reported to have asked the Kingston Crown Court last week for any CCTV footage from outside a Twickenham station or from inside the custody suite to be provided to them.

“We have noted there may be CCTV in this case, both from outside the police station, where the contact began and within the custody suite, and we would simply ask that that