RIO FERDINAND HAS been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for a comment made on Twitter.
The charge is understood to relate to a tweet sent from the QPR defender’s account on 1 September which used the derogatory term “sket.”
A sket is defined by Collins Dictionary as “a promiscuous girl or woman.”
Ferdinand, 35, has a week to respond to the charge.
The FA statement issued this evening read:
Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand has been charged by The FA for misconduct in relation to a comment he made via social media.It is alleged the comment posted on his twitter account was abusive and/or indecent and/or insulting and/or improper. It is further alleged that this breach is aggravated pursuant to FA Rule E3(2) as it included a reference to gender.
The player has until Tuesday 21 October 2014 to respond to the charge.
It is not the first time that Ferdinand has been charged with misconduct for comments made on the social media tool, where he has almost six million followers.
In 2012 he was fined £45,000 but escaped a match ban for referring to then-Chelsea defender Ashley Cole as a “choc ice.”
