Michail Antonio had his motoring conviction quashed at Birmingham Magistrates' Court after telling the judge he was not driving the Lamborghini when it was recorded speeding. The case now moves to a trial at the same court on March 2 next year, with his plea set at not guilty.
Antonio told the court that he had given the vehicle to a car company in January last year so it could be arranged for sale. He said he was not physically driving on March 1 because he had broken his femur and was not allowed to drive.
Birmingham Magistrates' Court hearing
The conviction was for failing to give information about the driver of a Lamborghini Urus in April 2025. Antonio was convicted in his absence, then returned to court on Friday and asked for the matter to be set aside.
Near the end of the hearing, he asked whether the press were allowed to be present and said, “Yeah, I am a footballer. I used to play for West Ham.”
Lamborghini Urus speed case
The speeding allegation centred on the Lamborghini being recorded at an average of 50mph in a 40mph zone in Birmingham on March 1 2025. A speeding charge tied to the car had already been dropped at an earlier hearing, leaving the information offence as the live issue before Friday’s ruling.
Antonio also told the judge, “We got a summons for court in September. I don't think I was around. I was trying to focus on my actual career and my life. I didn’t think about anything outside of that.”
Antonio’s Ferrari crash
His explanation at Birmingham Magistrates' Court was shaped by what happened in December 2024, when he spent three weeks in hospital after crashing a Ferrari in Epping Forest in Essex and suffering a badly broken leg. He told the judge, “Can I tell you the whole situation? I almost died in a car crash on the 7th of December 2025. On the 1st of March I wasn’t even physically driving at the time because I broke my femur – I wasn’t allowed to drive.”
The quashed conviction removes the April finding from the case, but the dispute over the Lamborghini does not end there. Antonio now faces trial at the same court on March 2 next year, with the question of who was driving when the car was recorded speeding still at the centre of the case.
