Source: Telegraph
Darren Bent's mother suffers 'racial abuse' by Sunderland fan
"So we get beaten by Wigan and my mum gets racially abused by a Sunderland fan," Bent wrote on his Twitter feed. [LNB]Calling it an "absolute disgrace", Bent added: "I won't stand for that." [LNB] Related ArticlesWigan Athletic 1 Sunderland 0Steve Bruce: Chris Kirkland England's No 1 goalkeeperDarren Bent fit after hamstring scarePremier League tablePremier League actionPremier League fixtures"Sunderland are liaising with Northumbria Police to fully investigate this matter," a Sunderland spokeswoman said. [LNB]"Behaviour of this kind is totally unacceptable to our football club," the spokeswoman added. [LNB]Bent, who has scored nine Premier League goals this season, joined Sunderland from Tottenham in August for a club-record fee that could rise to £16.5m. [LNB]Before his move was completed the 25-year-old Bent criticised Spurs chairman Daniel Levy on the social networking site over the delay of his transfer. [LNB]One of the tweets said: "Do I wanna go to Hull? No. Do I wanna go to Stoke? No. Do I wanna go to Sunderland? Yes." [LNB]Bent is an avid user of Twitter and has over 20,000 followers on the micro-blogging site.[LNB]
