he and his family received abuse after Laurence Fox shared a screenshot of his Twitter account with a post about defunding the BBC.A spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police said: ‘We are aware of a tweet posted earlier today relating to an allegation of abuse on social media.‘We have received an initial report and officers will be contacting the complainant to take further details.’In a now-deleted tweet, Fox, 42, wrote: ‘So glad I’m not paying for this anymore. @bbc @DefundBBC #DefundTheBBC’, attaching a screenshot of Hunte’s Twitter account.Hunte shared on social media: ‘My family and I have been sent racist and homophobic abuse following the below screenshot of me being posted.