Couple living in fear after far right shares video of family in park

A family say their lives have been ruined after a video of a black grandfather and his brother playing in the park with his white granddaughters was shared by Tommy Robinson and weaponised by the far right.

- Robyn Vinter Ang Walton

Olajuwon Ayeni, a musician from Redcar, North Yorkshire, has been racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile in the week since the family video was taken from the TikTok account of his wife, Natalie, and shared by extremists online.

Yesterday, the couple's MP, Anna Turley, was forced to write a letter providing a reference of good character for Ayeni when he was suspended by his management after the online disinformation.

"I'm devastated to receive the email from my management," Ayeni said. "Music is my life. My social media will be damaged, my career will be tarnished... but I am determined to show the truth and hopefully clear it up."

He and Natalie say they have been living in fear since being threatened in the street after Robinson shared the video with his 1.4m followers.

The far-right activist wrote on his X account: "Wtf is even going on here? Where are the parents?!"