THE SPFL have claimed that Rangers chairman Douglas Park made a "threat" to chief executive Neil Doncaster.
The league governing body today released a statement to all member clubs detailing their response to the Ibrox club's dossier that was sent out yesterday.
In the letter the SPFL say that Gers chief Park made a defamatory remark towards Doncaster following events on April 10.
The statement read: "In a phone call on the evening of 10 April, Rangers chairman Douglas Park made a very serious allegation and threat to act in a particular way to the SPFL chief executive. This allegation has been entirely unsupported by any evidence, either then or since.
The allegation was so serious and defamatory that the league’s legal counsel, Rod McKenzie immediately sought a commitment from the Rangers company secretary that it would not be repeated.
"This was a wholly appropriate and proportionate legal response to an entirely unfounded and damaging allegation. That was the only respect in which Rangers was called upon not to repeat what had been alleged and what had been threatened. On no conceivable basis could this be considered as ‘bullying Rangers into silence’.
"It is noteworthy that there is not a shred of evidence in the so-called dossier to support the allegation made or to justify the threat."
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