A Newcastle United supporter who was heartbroken after a ‘Stasi’ probe led to her expulsion from the club has stated that the events left her ‘shaken’.
Linzi Smith joined Nigel Farage on GB News to discuss a four-month special unit inquiry into her gender-critical comments on social networking site X.
Smith, who is LGBT and advocates for lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights, was the subject of an 11-page dossier created by the Premier League, which included information such as where she lives and walks her dog.
The Newcastle United supporter told Nigel Farage that she ‘loves’ the club and that the inquiry, which she compared to a ‘Stasi’ operation in an interview with the Telegraph, had left her ‘broken’.
“It was my Dad who made me love them,” she explained.
“No matter where I’ve lived in the country, whether I’m down south or in Grimsby, they’re my team.”
Smith went on to detail the events that led up to police arriving at her door, telling GB News that she was sitting down with a cup of tea.
“It was terrifying,” she explained.
“I was shaken. I’m sick to my stomach. I’ve never received a warning from the police, so having two officers show up at my house threatening to arrest me was mortifying.”
When Farage asked if she had the opportunity to challenge the ban, Smith stated that her greatest fears were realized when the expulsion was upheld.
“We gave a very detailed appeal on the areas where they have breached their own policy with respect to timing” , she went on to say.
“They stated that they will notify the person complaining about the matter within a fair time frame.
“It took them nearly four months to tell me and I only knew because I got an email saying I was under investigation for a hate crime.”
Toby Young of the Free Speech Union chimed in to warn Linzi Smith that she is “not an isolated case”.
“I fear that this surveillance unit set up by the Premier League might have been investigating possibly 1,000s of people’s social media accounts for wrong think” , stated the Premier League president.
“This is not racism. This is simply for disagreeing with radical orthodoxy on issues such as transgender rights.”
Newcastle United informed Smith in October that she was being investigated by Northumbria Police for a probable hate crime charge, and her membership had been suspended.
She was visited by two police officers at her house a few days later, and she agreed to a 25-minute questioning under caution regarding her tweets.
Two hours later, Smith received a call from police stating that no further action would be taken.
Smith’s appeal against the ban was upheld, with the club stating that her tweets ‘constitute harassment’ and violate the club’s equality policy.
She had sent tweets connecting trans ideology to Nazism.
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