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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lauren Del Fabbro

BBC taking accusations Ashley Cain used misogynistic language online ‘seriously’

Ex-footballer Ashley Cain social media use is under scrutiny (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Archive)

The BBC says it is taking accusations that presenter Ashley Cain used explicit sexual and misogynistic language to describe women online in historical social media posts “very seriously”.

The Press Association understands that the broadcaster was unaware of the remarks prior to an investigation led by The Guardian which claimed the TV personality frequently referred to women on X, formerly Twitter, using abusive terms and sexualised language, including “slags”, “sluts” and “psychos”.

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