Channel 7 reporter forced to issue statement after fake Twitter account made bombshell claims about Melbourne star Clayton Oliver
- Channel 7 reporter Mitch Cleary has been forced to quash false rumours
- A fake Twitter account in his name posted tweets about Clayton Oliver
- Cleary says there is no truth to rumours of behavioural issues
A Channel 7 reporter has quashed false rumours relating to Clayton Oliver after Melbourne flagged false tweets posted in his name.
Mitch Cleary was forced to post a statement on his official Twitter account after the Demons contacted him regarding content circulating on social media on an account in his name – operated by a troll.
The post claimed Oliver was absent from Melbourne games because of the AFL’s illicit drug policy – something coach Simon Goodwin has strongly denied.
Cleary posted on his official Twitter account: ‘For the record – there is a fake tweet, photoshopped to mimic my account circulating about Clayton Oliver.
‘It has never appeared on my Twitter account because it has nothing to do with me. I had no knowledge of it until I was contacted by Melbourne FC.
Channel 7 reporter Mitch Cleary has been forced to distance himself from false rumours circulating online in his name
A fake account pretending to be Cleary has claimed Clayton Oliver has been sidelined due to behavioural issues – a claim that the Demons strongly deny
Cleary posted on his official Twitter account that the rumour ‘has nothing to do with me’
‘7 News has since gone out of its way to report the club’s very strong denials in a bid to clear up this wild speculation.’
Goodwin said after Thursday’s defeat by Geelong that Oliver could miss another game due to hamstring issues but fiercely distanced the club from ‘rubbish’ speculation pertaining to behavioural issues.
‘There’s a lot been spoken about Clayton in the past 48 hours and a lot of it is incorrect,’ Goodwin said.
‘Clayton had a hamstring strain against Port Adelaide and then got an infected foot, spent six nights in hospital and as he’s come back into training in the past eight days, his hamstring is tight. He’ll have scans tomorrow.
‘Anyone that thinks they know better than that, come and walk in our environment and find out.
‘He’s off for a hamstring scan tomorrow and we’re hopeful he can continue to progress his training to a certain level, but he’s not quite there yet.
‘That’s not the type of player that you risk. But for all the other rubbish that’s out there, it’s just garbage. So I hope we can put that one to bed.’
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