Surrey director Alec Stewart has revealed that he told the England and Wales Cricket Board about three players reported to be involved in a Twitter account parodying Kevin Pietersen in 2012.
Stewart claims that the account's creator, Richard Bailey, informed him that Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan all had passwords to access the profile on the social networking site.
In his autobiography, Pietersen has suggested that the account was an example of the bullying culture which went on in the England dressing room before his sacking earlier this year.
"It didn't sit comfortably with me as an ex-England cricketer and an England fan that this type of thing might be going on," Stewart told BBC Radio 5 live.
"Not because I wanted them to get fined or anything - I've huge admiration for all three - but it didn't sit comfortably with me if factually correct. I had a conversation with [then ECB managing director] Hugh Morris during the Oval Test match and then with [England coach] Andy Flower at a later date.
"It was then down to the ECB to investigate things if they wanted to or they could ignore it. After that I don't know what happened."
Pietersen's claims that there was bullying inside the England camp have been defended by Ricky Ponting.
