The former Villa captain was convicted after failing to identify who was driving his £210,000 supercar in Liverpool
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Grealish 'failed to comply' with the request to identify the driver.(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)
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Former Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish has been landed with a £1,000 court bill after his £210,000 Lamborghini was clocked running a red light during a late-night trip.
The 30-year-old midfielder, currently on loan at Everton from Manchester City, faced prosecution by Merseyside Police following the traffic violation last September. Officers said Grealish's luxury motor was captured on camera breaching a red light on the fringes of Liverpool city centre.
He was prosecuted and found guilty of failing to inform police whether he, or someone else, was driving the vehicle at the time. A magistrate at Liverpool's local court slapped Grealish with six penalty points on his driving licence during a closed-door hearing last week, alongside ordering him to stump up a fine, costs and a court fee amounting to £1,044.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 13: Jack Grealish of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton and Aston Villa at Hill Dickinson Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)
The incident occurred the night before Grealish played against his former club, Aston Villa(Image: Getty Images)
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The incident occurred shortly after 11.30pm on September 12, the evening before Grealish featured for Everton in a goalless Premier League draw against his former club Villa, reports the Daily Star. The news emerged as the England star revealed this week that his 2025/26 campaign for Everton had been cut short by injury.
He shared an Instagram snap of himself in a hospital bed following surgery on a stress fracture in his foot, confirming an extended absence with the message: "Didn't want the season to end like this but that's football, gutted".
Court records revealed that in the criminal proceedings against him, Grealish opted not to enter a plea, with the case resolved on Thursday, February 5, through a single justice procedure. Kevin Scott, safer roads unit manager for Merseyside Police, informed Liverpool Magistrates Court that Grealish's eye-catching sky blue sportscar was captured on camera jumping the red light.
In his witness statement, he documented: "At 11.36pm on September 12 2025, a Lamborghini motor vehicle... was travelling along Leeds Street/Vauxhall Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, when it passed the traffic signal 1.4 seconds after it had changed to red."
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 20: Jack Grealish of Everton looks dejected during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Everton at Anfield on September 20, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Jack Grealish ran a red traffic light on a late night drive through Liverpool(Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
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Officers sent correspondence to a Manchester address in September, requesting Grealish confirm the identity of his vehicle's driver that evening. Mr Scott said police made a second attempt to reach Grealish via a letter sent to a £5.6 million Cheshire property in November. However, he noted the footballer had "failed to comply" with the requirement to identify the driver.
While the red light violation charge was eventually dropped by police, Grealish was convicted of failing to provide information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle when required.
Magistrate Paul Farquhar handed the footballer six penalty points on his licence, a £660 fine, and ordered him to pay £120 in costs plus a £264 victim surcharge. Grealish featured amongst 2,101 defendants prosecuted and found guilty last week for failing to identify a driver accused of road traffic offences, with magistrates imposing fines spanning from £1 up to the maximum £1,000 penalty.