The Scottish Mail on Sunday

Internet trolls launch sickening attack on Olympics star Jess

- By Charlotte Wace

JESSICA Ennis-Hill has been targeted by vile internet trolls for speaking out against Ched Evans two years ago. The Olympic gold medallist has been called a ‘f ****** whore’ and ‘a sl**’, while others have demanded that the athlete apologise for ‘tarnishing Evans’s name’. One of the footballer’s fans tweeted: ‘I’d love for a family member of hers to get accused of rape and see her opinion on it then.’ Another branded her ‘a horrid woman’, while a third demanded: ‘Apologise to my boy.’

In 2014, Jess voiced concern when Sheffield United announced plans to re-sign the footballer. The 30-year-old athlete had a stand named in her honour at the club’s Bramall Lane ground following her Olympics triumph. But she received rape threats after saying she would ask for her name to be removed if Evans returned to the club.

It comes as Evans’s accuser – who has already been forced to move at least five times after trolls breached her rights to anonymity – was repeatedly identified on social media after Friday’s verdict.

A spokesman for Miss EnnisHill declined to comment.

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TARGETED: Jessica Ennis-Hill

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