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Sherri Shepherd Files Police Report After Twitter Threat

What happens on the Internet, doesn't necessarily stay on the Internet. Actress Sherri Shepherd is pursuing charges against a Twitter user who threatened her with rape Wednesday night.

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What happens on the Internet, doesn't necessarily stay on the Internet. 
Actress Sherri Shepherd is pursuing charges against a Twitter user who threatened her with rape Wednesday night. The View co-host received a tweet from @DaCloneKiller, who wrote, "Somebody should drag u in a back alley and rape you."
Shepherd re-tweeted the post, adding, "THIS IS A THREAT & I'M PISSED." The actress then took further steps to combat the harassment. "You think I should be raped in a back alley? Let's see if the police agree w you & I took a pic of your tweet," she tweeted. "I am going 2 file a police report 4U threatening me," Shepherd continued. And so help me God, when I find out where U live, charges will follow."

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Shepherd apparently stayed true to her word. "Just returned from filing a police report for this online harassment nonsense. I will be pursuing this legally," the actress wrote Wednesday night.The actress also used the moment to continue her stand against online bullying. She tweeted: "This type of bullying is one of the reasons children are killing themselves b/c there's no consequences for the bully(s)."Shepherd is currently one of five co-hosts on The View. She also recurs as Angie Jordan on 30 Rock.