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The family of Ched Evans are “actively considering” legal action against ITV’s Loose Women and Gloria Hunniford for allegedly misinforming the public on prime time TV.

Last week, Mr Evans was cleared of raping a teenager in a hotel in north Wales in May 2011, following a retrial at Cardiff Crown Court.

Following Mr Evans’s acquittal, Ms Hunniford was filmed discussing the case with the rest of the ITV panel when she said: “I have to say, and this is my personal opinion of course, it shows the type of man he is though because the facts of the case.”

Ms Hunniford added: “The mere fact that his mate goes 'I’ve got a girl, you know, do you want to come' and he goes there and they have a threesome and two blokes are outside the window filming it.

“And he never says a word to the girl and then he gets down the fire escape and then leaves and this girl apparently, as it turns out, was so drunk."

She went on: “Ched Evans would be the last person I’d be sending my grandchildren for any kind of sex education or drink education.”

Ms Hunniford’s comments were met with agreement from other members of the panel.

In a statement published on the former Wales international footballer’s official website the family said: “Gloria Hunniford on Loose Women yesterday misrepresented the evidence presented at Cardiff Crown Court in this respect and his family are now actively considering their legal options.

“Opinion is acceptable but misinformation broadcast on prime time television is not.”