The charge arose when Ferdinand replied to a tweet from a fan who had called Chelsea defender Ashley Cole a ‘choc ice’, slang for a black person that acts white (I was unaware you could act like a race but anyway).
In his reply, Ferdinand stated the use of the term choc ice is ‘classic’, but despite the defender not using the word himself it appears the tweet was taken as him condoning it’s use.
Ferdinand denied the charge at a private hearing last Friday, but the FA have found him guilty and he has subsequently been fined £45k and warned about his future conduct.