Leigh Griffiths contemplated committing suicide after online abuse Scotland striker Leigh Griffiths has revealed that online abuse directed at him and his family left him contemplating suicide. The Wolves star, who spent last season on loan at Hibs, told the Scottish Sun that seeing his children become the target of online abuse had affected him deeply and left him in "a bad place" mentally. "Someone on Twitter wanted my kids dead," he told the newspaper. I then thought about suicide because I'd had enough. I didn't tell anyone what I was thinking. Some of the abuse myself and my kids have had to suffer has been utterly sickening. Griffiths, now back at parent club Wolves, admitted that he had sometimes gone "over the top" on Twitter but said that the sickening personal nature of abuse had crossed a line beyond normal rivalries on social media. "Of course [the abuse] affected me, you never want to see anything negative said about you," he explained. But it affects everyone I'm close to - Paul, Sarah, their kids and the mothers of my kids. I was a boyhood fan playing for my team, I wanted to give as much as I could. I admit I went a bit over the top sometimes and that's why I got some stick. I can laugh banter off but it upset me when it affects my family. The forward, who was named as SPL Player of the Year for his performances at Hibs last season, praised the club for the support they had provided. "I spoke to the doctor and manager Pat Fenlon who was an absolute God-send I could talk to him about anything," he added. He would give me days off training to let me relax.