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Wife of former Rangers player slams Lanarkshire actor on Twitter over 'abusive' messages

TV presenter Jean Johansson has become embroiled in a Twitter spat with a Las Vegas-based Hamilton actor who posted about receiving 'racist and sectarian abuse'.

Gianni Capaldi, an ambassador for Celtic's charitable efforts, had Tweeted some of the vicious abuse he had received in the wake of Celtic's semi-final defeat to Rangers at Hampden on Sunday.

The 46-year-old shared screenshots of some of the Twitter messages, which were littered with abusive language. One of the messages encouraged him to "die".

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