Rachel Harg, reported to be the mother of Jay’s best friend and admin of the Find Jay Slater Facebook group, has expressed heartbreak over cruel online trolling.
She shared a screenshot from a video falsely claiming she was partying on a boat instead of searching for the missing teen.
Ms Harg wrote in response: “This is another horrible lie about myself. Firstly, this isn’t me. I took the video on my last holiday on a boat trip. The lady in this video I don’t know. It was just me videoing the trip I was on with my family”.
The post, first reported by the Manchester Evening News, continued: “Secondly, this was when I went to Turkey in April. Someone stole [the clip] and [is] saying [I] am in Tenerife partying.
“I am here looking for my son’s best friend not partying if anyone did see this”.
She concluded her post saying: “Absolutely heartbroken. It was a previous holiday”.
