Sturridge and his partner Jamilla Ferreira rented an £18,500-per-month Cheshire mansion from Alan O'Neill and his wife Katie in October 2018, during the footballer's six-year stint at Liverpool.
But, less than two months after they moved in, Sturridge and Ms Ferreira discovered a profile called 'n*****' when they accessed the O'Neills' Netflix app on their Apple TV account.It belonged to the O'Niell's young son. A fan of rap music, apparently. And O'Neil apologised for any offence (though you'd think a footballer would be able to afford his own Netflix account).
That should have been the end of it.
Reader, it wasn't, of course...
Sturridge and Ms Ferreira sent Mr and Mrs O'Neill a letter on December 10, stating that their older children were in the wrong if they had ignored the existence of the account.
The letter, reported in The Times, read: 'Your son can play act this word, but at the end of the day he goes back to his privileged "white skin" existence.'
Because being able to rent a mansion isn't in any way 'privileged'...
Correspondence between the families became heated when the O'Neills pursued Sturridge in the county court for £67,000 of unpaid rent.
Sturridge paid the rent in July 2019 but then filed a different claim for damages 'in respect of the defendants' discrimination against them and/or harrassment on the grounds of their race'.
Well, of course! But turns out he's a better footballer than he is a gambler:
Just days before the discovery of the account in November, Sturridge had been charged with allegedly breaching FA betting rules. He was slapped with a £75,000 fine and was banned for six weeks - but four of the weeks were suspended.And now a judge has dismissed their £100,000 claim for damages and discrimination. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.
Er Julia, you really must keep up - that's all from last year.
ReplyDeleteThis year, Sturridge sued the O'Neills for letting their daughter sleepover between his leaving the house and the expiry of the lease he reneged on.
Costing the O'Neills £300,000.
- Daughter’s sleepover lands parents with £300,000 bill after row with Daniel Sturridge
- Teenage girl's sleepover costs her parents £300,000: Landlords' daughter slept at £6m mansion that England footballer Daniel Sturridge was renting for £18k-a-month
But of course, none of them come out of this smelling of roses. More of the stuff used to fertilise them.
The only ones who win are the lawyers!
DeleteInteresting. My extensive mp3 music collection is all neatly categorised in folders by genre, including Redneck Tunes and Nigger Music.
ReplyDeleteNo race baiting footballers have access to my stuff though, fortunately