Michail Antonio denies driving Lamborghini clocked speeding
The former Premier League striker's spokesman says he was not behind the wheel for alleged offences in Birmingham and central London
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Former Premier League striker Michail Antonio has denied he was driving a Lamborghini clocked speeding three months after he was badly hurt when his Ferrari crashed into a tree.
A spokesman for the ex-West Ham star said Antonio was not driving the Lamborghini Urus when it was involved in alleged motoring offences in Birmingham in March last year and in central London in November.
The 36-year-old was not at the wheel of the car at the time of either incident, having sustained serious injuries in a crash in 2024, the spokesman told the Press Association.
Antonio, who now plays for a club in the Qatar Stars League, was found guilty in his absence at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday of failing to give information about the vehicle’s driver to police in April last year.
The court was told he already has six points on his licence for an insurance-linked offence and faces a driving ban under “totting up” rules when he is sentenced at the same court in June.
A charge of speeding relating to the Lamborghini, which the court heard was recorded doing an average of 50mph in a 40mph zone in Birmingham on March 1 2025, was dropped by prosecutors.
Antonio, who also played for Reading, Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday, faces court proceedings at Bexley Magistrates’ Court in July in relation to a separate allegation of failing to notify police of who was driving the Lamborghini in Pall Mall in central London.
In a formal response to the second prosecution, Antonio has entered a not guilty plea, saying the vehicle was “on hire at the time of contravention”.
Antonio spent three weeks in hospital in December 2024 after crashing a Ferrari in Epping Forest, suffering a badly broken leg.