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Historic societal media posts by Ashley Cain that amusement the TV property seemingly utilizing explicit sexist and misogynistic connection towards women online person been unearthed by a paper investigation.
Comments posted connected the relationship of the erstwhile footballer, who presents the BBC Three documentary bid Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone, often referred to women connected X utilizing abusive presumption and sexualised language.
BBC News has asked Cain - whose X relationship has present been removed from the level - for comment. The BBC said: "We are precise wide we expect the highest standards of behaviour from everyone who works with oregon for the BBC."
The corporation's spokesperson continued: "When allegations are brought to our attraction we instrumentality them seriously.
"We volition see this accusation cautiously and bash not mean to remark further astatine this stage."
BBC News understands that the corp arsenic a full was unaware that these remarks had been posted connected societal media and person present asked the autarkic accumulation companies it works with that engaged Cain to afloat reappraisal the societal media checks that were undertaken astatine the time.
Cain besides reportedly utilized the presumption "sluts" and "psychos" and besides made jokes astir hitting women.
In 2014, successful effect to a since-deleted tweet helium perceived to beryllium homophobic, helium tweeted that 1 pistillate idiosyncratic should "go and choke connected a [expletive] you slut".
Other violative comments appeared to person been made portion Cain was watching ITV world amusement Love Island, and subordinate to immoderate of the pistillate contestants.
In different contexts, Cain has spoken astir women much positively - helium has praised immoderate women for being bully relation models and for their endowment oregon advocacy of definite issues, and had high-profile women connected his podcast.
He antecedently said: "I judge successful respect and respect is mutual. If you are a lady, I respect you.
However, helium added: "But if you don't respect yourself, however tin you expect maine to respect you?"
When challenged successful a sheet treatment however helium would consciousness if a antheral treated his sister disrespectfully, Cain said helium would "like to think" that his sister "was brought up successful a bully capable mode not to do" what his intersexual partners do.
Cain played for Championship broadside Coventry City FC earlier moving into world TV, starring successful the bid Ex connected the Beach.
He aboriginal featured connected the MTV gameshow The Challenge, competing successful utmost carnal and intelligence challenges to debar being eliminated.
His BBC documentary bid sees him question to the world's astir unsafe places, interviewing young men who unrecorded connected the fringes of society.
A 2nd bid was commissioned and filmed earlier this year, but it has not yet been scheduled for broadcast.
BBC executives person antecedently praised Cain - who was 2.1 cardinal followers connected Instagram - for his "exceptional" quality to link with young men, describing him arsenic "what BBC Three is about", the Guardian noted.
Cain besides reached the semi-final of its Celebrity MasterChef successful 2025.
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