verbal abuse

She posted a cease-and-desist letter she purportedly emailed to Renner on Instagram asking him to stop “any form of verbal abuse, yelling or intimidation.”

The Northern Ireland-born player was the subject of verbal abuse earlier this year, when Lincoln City fans aimed anti-Catholic chants at him during a match on 3 May.

McIlroy bore the brunt of verbal abuse from a hostile crowd throughout the event at Bethpage Black and hit out at "unacceptable and abusive behaviour" after his wife Erica was hit by a drink thrown by an American fan.

Europe's victory in New York last month came amid torrents of verbal abuse from the home crowd.

The verbal abuse and other inappropriate behavior directed toward McIlroy and his European teammates worsened as the weekend went on.