Police Probe Sexual Threats on Twitter to Jamie Vardy's One-Year-Old Daughter
Jamie Vardy's, Leicester City star forward, one-year-old daughter was subject to sexual threats on Twitter after the footballer's fiancee posted a picture of the girl wearing the club's jersey
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Jamie Vardy is currently EPL's second highest scorer with 19 goals.
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His team are the EPL table toppers with 69 points from 32 games.
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He has been part of Leicester City since 2012.
Police are looking into sexual threats made on Twitter against the one-year-old daughter of Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy. (EPL: Jamie Vardy Breaks Scoring Record as Leicester City Hold Manchester United)
The abuse came after the fiancee of the Foxes forward posted pictures of the couple's child wearing a Leicester shirt ahead of the Premier League leaders' 1-0 win over Southampton on Sunday. (Jamie Vardy Commits Future to Leicester City F.C. After Wonder Goal)
Leicestershire Police launched an investigation into the threats after a formal complaint was made on Monday.
Rebekah Nicholson tweeted shots of her daughter wearing a T-shirt with 'Daddy' emblazoned on the back, and this prompted rape threats on the social networking site.
Nicholson responded by saying: "There are no words for people like you! You need locking up."
Meanwhile Vardy posted a screenshot of the threats, with the words "shocking and vile". "Leicestershire Police is investigating a report of malicious communication being sent via social media," the force said in a statement.
"A report was made (on Monday) of an abusive message being received (on Sunday evening) by a woman on Twitter.
Inquiries remain ongoing and the force is liaising with Leicester City Football Club."
A Leicester spokesman called the abuse "shocking", saying: "We have offered our full support to Jamie and his family in dealing with this shocking abuse and referred the matter to the police."