Journalist at centre of Laurence Fox's 'sick' comments threatened by supporters

dailyrecord.co.uk:

The political journalist who was the subject of comments made by Laurence Fox on a GB News show that led to his suspension by the channel has revealed she has received threatening messages in a “really nasty” past 24 hours.Ava Evans, political correspondent for online news site Joe, was discussed by the actor-turned-politician on Dan Wootton Tonight on Tuesday, in which Fox referred to her asking “Who would want to shag that?”Wootton has also since been suspended by the broadcaster amid an internal investigation and a probe by regulator Ofcom, while Ms Evans said she had received an apology from GB News but had yet to decide whether to accept it.Ms Evans said she had received messages of support from the public following the incident but also “threats that have come into my inbox”.Speaking to the BBC Newscast podcast, she said: “I don’t know where this is going to go.

I don’t know how social media is going to react to the news [that Laurence Fox has been suspended].“There is a following that he has that is quite fanatical.

I think that’s possibly the most polite way I can say it and I’ve already been looking at a few threats that have come into my inbox, and I’m like, over the evening, is this going to really ramp up and maybe I’m going to have to watch over my shoulder before I go to my house, just so that I know no one’s looking at where I live.“Just before we came in here, there was a tweet that said ‘watch your back.’ If I get into my head that they’re credible, then I’ll be frightened, so instead I’ll just go on, ‘It’s people online’.”Ms Evans said the comments by Fox made her feel “disgusting” and “vile”.