How would you handle player calling the opposite club assistant 'cheat'?

[CrossRef]

Talking to? Sinbin? Red for OFFINABUS?
If it is towards an regular AR, I would consider it as a strait red, but what if it is towards a club assistant, especially when they have just made a controversial decision like offside?

 

[cdsman]

Club Assistant or Neutral AR, they are part of my team... It's a Red Card - I've had to do it when a player was clearly upset with an offside decision. In my view, the decision was also correct, which whilst that wouldn't change my decision to Red card someone calling him a cheat, but did make it easier.

 

[RefereeX]

this might be controversial, but I think if I sent off every time someone on a sunday league pitch said 'the lino's cheating' then I'd have had a red card most weeks. Context of how it's said is vital. 'You're a f*cking cheat' aggressively directed at them... red card all day. 'Stop cheating' in a less aggressive manor may draw something different.

 

[ChasObserverRefDeveloper]

Red card - the one "c" word most officials treat as a red.

 

[DavidObs]

I think the one thing for me is that you yourself would need to have heard it & if you did, then I think it can only be a red, but if you didn’t, then you are on a sticky wicket - the club AR may be exaggerating etc etc