Leicester City trio 'face death threats over orgy video'

Leicester City trio James Pearson, Tom Hopper and Adam Smith have reportedly been the subject of online death threats after they racially abused three Thai women during an orgy.

A video leaked by The Mirror at the weekend showed the trio engaging in sex acts with three women thought to be local to Thailand, where the team were for a post-season tour.

In the footage, one of the players can be heard describing one of the women as "slit eye", while the comment, "fucking minging - an absolute one out of 10", is also delivered.

The footballers, who were sent home from the tour once the video emerged, apologised for their behaviour via a club statement on Sunday.

Since then, according to the Daily Star, football fans have turned to social media to criticise the trio, with one user in particular writing: "They can die as far as I'm concerned."

One of the players involved is the son of Leicester manager Nigel Pearson.