Insulted and threatened, Mike Lorenzo-Vera denounces the violence of social networks

“Hi guys, I'm making this video because I recently got a message from Rick. You can find out what he wrote to me two days ago due to a lost bet. If you look on the next page, you will see what Rick sent me… ”Alone in the image facing the camera, Mike Lorenzo-Vera looks determined. The tone is serious. In English, the French golfer responds eye to eye to a certain Rick, who posted insulting and threatening messages on social networks. “P… French pussy !! I will find your family and I will kill them !! ”

Lost bet

Words that reflect a frightening outburst of hatred. The cause of these sentences without any restraint, which have something to seriously worry its victims about the mental health of those who utter them? A lost bet, according to Mike Lorenzo-Vera. Which, despite the fear generated by the insults and threats advanced on Instagram , tries to keep a cool head in this film shot on the smartphone.

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Just want to put that public ... I cannot stand people like that.

A post shared by Mike Lorenzo-Vera (@mikelorenzovera_progolf) on Aug 8, 2020 at 7:46 am PDT

“I'm speaking directly to you, Rick. Why don't you try to be nice even if you just lost a bet. What you wish for me and my family is not good. The only thing I can wish for is to go deep into a forest. Live there. Get out of society. You are not a good man. You are a bad person. ”  

Beside his video message, the one who competes this week in the USPGA Championship on the course of TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, posts the following comment: "I just want to make this public ... I can't stand people like that. . "

Feedback and messages of support

By publishing his response in this way, Mike Lorenzo-Vera shows both courage and composure. He also denounces unspeakable remarks and an unbearable situation on which the governing bodies of sport will sooner or later have to address in order to find solutions. We remember that the French tennis player Gaël Monfils had also had to endure threatening messages that he had chosen to denounce.

Without erasing the fear for his own, the hundreds of reactions and supportive messages posted on Instagram to Mike Lorenzo-Vera's address certainly went straight to his heart.

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