London (AP) – A man has been arrested by an investigating police officer Online abuse Against England’s defender Jess Carter at this summer’s Women’s European Championship.
Lancashire police arrested a 59-year-old man from Great Harwood on Thursday “on allegedly malicious communications over several messages.”
He was subsequently released during investigation.
“The message directed at Jess Carter is horrifying and I would like to praise her for confronting this abuse and supporting us in our investigation,” said Chief Mark Roberts, Cheshire Constabrary, National Police Chief of the Football Police.
“No one should be exposed to such nasty abuse, and I think today’s arrest will be the first for many over the next few months.”
Carter, who has an African-American father and plays club soccer for Gotham FC in the US, revealed that he was racially abused in Euro 2025 at a tournament in Switzerland last month. England won.
Football Association CEO Mark Bringham said at the time that the governing body immediately contacted British police.
“We want to make it clear that racist abuse of this nature is unacceptable,” Roberts added. “Everyone is responsible for what they do and say. We want to ensure that criminals don’t hide behind their social media profiles in order to post vulgar comments.”
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