The personal trainer received ‘extremely chilling’ threats- some of a sexually violent nature- over Twitter after she defended her mother- Judy Finnegan- over comments she made on Loose Women.
The TV host was discussing the case of Ched Evans, a footballer who was jailed after being found guilty of raping a woman on a night out.
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A petition has been launched to prevent the footballer from returning to his role in the spotlight, but Judy voiced the opinion that he had ‘served his time’ and that his crime was ‘non-violent’.
The 66-year-old’s comments caused controversy amongst campaigners, but some took it further and targeted 27-year-old Chloe for defending her mother against trolls.
She said: "The current law obviously needs to be reviewed. It needs to be accepted that physical threats should not fall under the 'freedom of speech' umbrella.
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"It should be seen as online terrorism and it should be illegal."
In a revision on the 10-year law, Twitter users who send threatening messages could face up to two years in prison, triple the amount of time previously handed to offenders.