Matildas captainSam Kerr has revealed that she and fiancée Kristie Mewis are expecting a baby boy.
It came as the Chelsea star arrived at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday to give evidence on the third day of proceedings.
Kerr is charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to a police officer in January 2023.
Speaking to the court, the 31-year-old revealed she was expecting a baby boy with her fiancée and West Ham star Mewis, and that they planned to get married in December.
Ms Kerr said to the court: ‘We are expecting our first baby boy.’
The couple announced the news in November that Mewis, who plays for West Ham, was expecting a baby, taking to Instagram to reveal the news.
Sam Kerr announced that she and her fiancée Kristie Mewis were expecting a baby boy while the Matildas star gave evidence in court
Kerr warmed the hearts of her 1.7 million Instagram followers after posting an image of her pregnant fiancée Mewis (pictured) showing off her baby bump on Instagram last month
In November, the pair had announced that they were expecting a baby, posting several heartwarming snaps on Instagram
Kerr and Mewis published a heartwarming set of pictures on the social media platform of the pair beaming from ear to ear alongside an image of one of Mewis’ scans.
The pair received a flood of congratulations messages, with Ms Kerr’s Matildas team-mate Mary Fowler, Fran Kirby, and Caitlin Cooper all taking to social media to issue their congratulations for Kerr and Mewis.
It comes after the couple confirmed their engagement back in 2023.
On Wednesday, Kerr spoke to the court about her relationship with Mewis. She said the pair had met ‘about six months’ after she had moved to London in 2019 and that Mewis had ‘slid into her DMs’.
After initially announcing they were expecting a baby back in November, Kerr and Mewis were met with homophobic abuse from trolls online. The footballers were forced to shut off comments on their Instagram post due to the hateful messages they received from social media users.
The pair shared another heartwarming set of pictures at the end of January, with Mewis showing off her baby bump appearing to reveal that their baby will arrive sometime this spring. Kerr captioned the post: ’26 weeks & glowing.’
Kerr has not played football since last January after she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury that required surgery.
Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor has stated that Kerr could make a return to football in February or March, with the Chelsea star having been pictured back in training in recent months.
Mewis and Kerr also announced in November 2023 that they were engaged, with the Chelsea star stating in court that they had planned to get married in December
Kerr arrived at Kingston Crown Court today and has given evidence in relation to her trial
Kerr, pictured alongside her father Roger (left), has been charged with racially aggravated harrassment in relation to an incident that took place in January 30, 2023
On Monday, a jury at Kingston Crown Court was told that Kerr called a Metropolitan Police officer ‘stupid and white’ during a dispute at Twickenham Police Station in January 2023.
The Australian and her partner Mewis are alleged to have been out on a night out when the pair were driven to the station in a taxi.
The driver had complained to officers at the station that the pair had refused to pay clean-up costs after one was sick in the back of the taxi and the other smashed one of the vehicle’s windows.
The court was later shown a video of Kerr involved in a heated discussion with PC Stephen Lovell in the early hours of January 30, 2023.
Speaking on Wednesday, Kerr was asked by her barrister, Grace Forbes, if she and her family had experienced racism before. She responded: ‘Yes. Towards my brother and father.
‘I was nine or ten when I first witnessed it. At the start, I was quite confused.
‘I think it turned from confusion to being able to understand why and turned more into disappointment and sadness.
Kerr also revealed that she and Mewis had first met in 2019 and that the West Ham star had ‘slid into her DMs’
The Chelsea star has not played since December 2023, having suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury
‘I experienced… at school, I had experienced being in situations when teachers had instigated that I was the troublemaker when clearly I wasn’t.’
The Australia captain said she had personally experienced racism both in Australia and the UK, where she moved when signing for Chelsea in 2019.
‘I often get at the shopping centre if I’m not dressed correctly I get followed round by a security guard,’ she added.
The case continues.