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Listen: LBC caller pretends to be Lee Anderson’s son as MP responds to ‘vile hoax’
A man pretending to be the son of Conservative MP Lee Anderson appeared on an LBC radio call-in claiming his father was a violent drunk.
The alleged prank call, which took place on Rachel Johnson’s phone-in show on Sunday (17 December), has been described as a "vile hoax" by the Tory deputy chairman.
The man called himself ‘Charlie Anderson’ from Ashfield, Mr Anderson’s constituency, and claimed to be the MP’s son.
The call was promptly cut off by Ms Johnson, who said it sounded like a "very personal issue".
Mr Anderson has since demanded both police and LBC bosses look into what happened.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, Mr Anderson said: "To be clear, this is a vile hoax and a slur on my family.
"For clarity I do have a son called Charlie but he is 33 not 23 as the male says in this clip. The voice is a completely different accent to my son’s.
"The person who has made this hoax call is sick. I shall be reporting this to the police and so should @LBC."
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