London
(ANI):
Authorities
are
investigating
a
rape
threat
left
on
a
voicemail
for
Girls
Aloud
singer
Cheryl
Cole.
The
former
judge
was
said
to
have
been
alerted
after
the
raunchy
message
was
accidentally
left
on
the
show"s
host
Dermot
O'Leary's
mobile,
who
later
raised
the
alarm.
"The
message
was
of
a
sexual,
threatening
and
sickening
nature.
Dermot
was
horrified
when
he
heard
it.
He
thought
at
first
it
was
a
sick
wind-up,
but
soon
realised
there
was
something
sinister
going
on," The
Sun
quoted
a
source
as
saying.
The
source
added:
"Somehow
this
caller
has
tried
to
get
hold
of
her
number
and
somehow
accidentally
got
Dermot's.
If
they
were
prepared
to
go
to
that
effort,
who
knows
what
they
would
be
prepared
to
do?"
A
City
of
London
Police
spokesman
confirmed:
"We
are
investigating
claims
of
an
offensive
message
being
left
on
a
mobile
telephone.
It
follows
a
complaint
from
a
member
of
the
public."