Billy Ray Cyrus followed in the footsteps of Donald Trump in falling for an unfortunate Twitter hoax in which he retweeted a picture of late child abuser Jimmy Savile.
The country singer - dad to Miley Cyrus - responded to a request from a follower asking that he retweet a photo of his 'grandfather' on his birthday.
But the picture was of the prolific paedophile, who has abused at least 500 victims, according to the NSPCC.
@billyraycyrus Hi pal, it's my Granddads birthday today and he's a huge fan. He'd love a RT! pic.twitter.com/QfCTt1jYUa
— Jake imo (@ekajronnoco) October 3, 2014The tweet has since been removed from his feed, with the singer now retweeting a message which read: "A sad day for all the true fans of @billyraycyrus to who it means the world to get his RT"
It comes after American billionaire Trump was tricked into retweeting a picture of serial killers Fred and Rose West. He subsequently took Twitter to indicate that he would sue
