LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 31: Michail Antonio of West Ham United battles for possession with Nathaniel Phillips of Liverpool during the Premier League match between West Ham United and Liverpool at London Stadium on January 31, 2021 in London, England. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY JUSTIN SETTERFIELD/GETTY IMAGES.
Former West Ham striker Michail Antonio has been disqualified from driving for six months following a supercar incident in central London last November.
The 36-year-old was charged by the Metropolitan Police with failing to identify who was driving his Lamborghini Urus during a suspected road offence on Pall Mall at 12.38am on November 5.
Antonio told Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court he was visiting his children in Manchester at the time and had handed his keys to Tarique Josephs, who runs a car-loaning company.
He claimed the initial police letter requesting the driver’s details had never been delivered to him, suggesting the correspondence had been lost in the post.
Antonio also told the court he was “shocked” to discover in February that he had been charged with failing to identify the driver of his vehicle.
“I was in shock,” Antonio said of his reaction to learning he was being prosecuted. “How can I be charged with something I haven’t done?”
The court rejected that defence, with Magistrate Ian Comfort stating the panel was satisfied the police notice had been delivered and that Antonio had not complied with his legal obligation.
In addition to the six-month ban, Antonio received six penalty points, a £1,000 fine, £650 in costs, and a £400 surcharge.
The conviction carries further consequences, as Antonio already holds six penalty points following a conviction for driving without insurance in July 2025, raising the prospect of disqualification under the totting-up system.
He also faces a separate case relating to his Lamborghini being recorded speeding in Birmingham in March 2025, compounding his growing legal difficulties on the road.
Antonio’s football career was severely disrupted in December 2024 when he crashed a Ferrari in Epping Forest in Essex, suffering a badly broken leg that kept him out of the game for more than six months.
The Jamaica international spent three weeks in hospital recovering from those injuries, casting significant doubt over his ability to return to top-level football.
Antonio became West Ham’s all-time leading Premier League scorer during a decade at the club, having previously played for Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, and Nottingham Forest.
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