A CENTRAL Coast chiropractor has been charged over a Facebook post calling Senator Nova Peris a “black c***,” despite strongly denying making the post and claiming he is the victim of an “extremely vicious” hacking attack.

Chris Nelson was arrested and charged today with using a telecommunications service to cause offence. He was granted conditional bail to appear at Gosford Local Court on June 21.

And he says he has had death threats since Senator Peris shared vile comments which came from the decorated Woy Woy community member’s account on Saturday.

He denies making them.

A direct message to Senator Peris from Mr Nelson’s Facebook account, which has since gone viral and sparked international outrage, read: “Nova F*** off. You were only endorsed by Juliar (sic) because you were a black c***.

media_camera Senator Nova Peris, pictured last week announcing she would leave federal politics after the July 2 election, has shared a racist attack against her that has gone viral.

“Go back to the bush and suck on witchity grubs and yams. Stop painting your f***ing face with white s*** in parliament. Other than being a runner you are nothing­.”

However, Mr Nelson, who received community awards in his 20-plus years as a Rotarian, said he was horrified when he saw the comments attributed to him.

“I was clearly hacked,” Mr Nelson told the Express Advocate at 9am today.

“I’m definitely not a racist. I’ve got friends who are Aboriginal and family who are Aboriginal­.”

However, by 1pm police had swooped on his Woy Woy practice to arrest him.

media_camera The vile racist comments under Chris Nelson’s now-deleted Facebook account shared by Senator Nova Peris on Saturday at 4.44pm. media_camera A shell-shocked Chris Nelson at his chiropractor business in Woy Woy this morning. Picture: Troy Snook

The Chiropractic Council of NSW said it was also looking into the matter and could “suspend or impose conditions on a practitioner’s registration” as an interim measure if satisfied it was appropriate.

A spokesman for Senator Peris said she would not respond to Mr Nelson’s denials now that it has become a matter for the courts.

Senator Peris shared the vile message on her Facebook page on Saturday. Her post, in which she says “racism stops with me”, has had 15,000 shares, 26,000 ‘likes’ and 3000 comments of support for the former Olympic runner and hockey player.

“Be easy to block and delete your comment Sir Chris Nelson but I’ll leave it there to continue to show the ugly side of this country as I have always done!” Ms Peris, who has decided to quit federal politics after the July 2 election, said.

media_camera Another of the racist comments that appeared on Chris Nelson’s now-deleted Facebook page.

“You must have had a terrible life Chris to continue as an ADULT spitting such vile and racist hatred towards a fellow human being … My skin is my pride. Happy Reconciliation Australia Week mate.”

Mr Nelson, who has worked as a chiropractor on the Coast since 1977, said he would seek to apologise to Senator Peris, “even though this has all been beyond my control”.

media_camera Some of the many comments made in support of Senator Peris to her Facebook page.

“I’m definitely not a racist. I’ve got friends who are Aboriginal and family who are Aboriginal,” he said outside his Woy Woy business as his first client arrived just after 9am today.

“But the damage has already been done to me. My business name has already trashed by the online haters. I had already been making plans to retire, so this may bring it forward now.”

He said he had “lost count how many hate messages I’ve had … there are that many”.

“I’ve had so many threats like ‘die, you c***’. Police have been alerted about this … and I’ve got my business alarmed,” Mr Nelson said.

media_camera The Rotary club of Australia distanced itself from racist comments under Chris Nelson’s name on Facebook.

The father of three, who says he has only recently recovered from prostate cancer, claimed it was the second time in the past month his Facebook account — which was deleted on Saturday night — had been hacked.

“About three weeks ago I got a notification from Facebook about someone from South Korea trying to hack my account,” he said. “Hackers are just a pain in the arse; the same as people who send out computer viruses. They just try to create mayhem and they succeed.

“I’m not really into social media; my account has been deleted and I won’t be restarting it either.”

Asked what his message was to the keyboard warriors who have been baying for his blood, he said: “Make sure you get your facts straight before you start attacking (hacked) victims like me.”