Azeem Rafiq says he's been driven out of the country by threats and abuse since he started speaking out about racism at Yorkshire.
Rafiq spoke to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee again at the end of the year.
The man said that a man was defecating in his garden as well as being abused in the street.
Rafiq said he walked down the street fearing for his life.
In 2020 the former Yorkshire spinner said that he was close to taking his own life because of the abuse he received at the club.
In October, Rafiq said "a never-ending, co-ordinated campaign of lies" had "caused serious risk" to his family's safety after he was accused of anti-Semitism and homophobia in a Daily Mail report.
Rafiq spoke about how the Yorkshire Post's coverage of the story should be held responsible for the abuse he and his family have experienced, in his latest appearance at a parliamentary committee.
He said that an article creates a wave of online abuse.
I don't think they have had any balance. It is the Yorkshire Post's writing that has caused all this to happen.
It's difficult to move abroad when you have ill parents.
In a statement, the Yorkshire Post said it applied the same rules of objectivity, impartiality and professionalism in telling the story.
There have been changes in Yorkshire's leadership since Rafiq spoke out.
Rafiq said that the governing body of cricket had been involved in the leaking and planting of stories about him.
He said that cricket is in denial and that it all feels superficial at the top.
Why wouldn't you speak out about how you've been attacked and abused?
Rafiq was reprimanded by the England and Wales Cricket Board for posts on social media that were racist. Rafiq apologized for a Facebook exchange from 2011.
He admitted to making mistakes in his life.
There were anti-Semitic messages that came out. I apologized and tried to make some learnings about why I made those comments.
In a lengthy statement, the Yorkshire Post's editorial director JamesMitchinson said: "The scurrilous and unfounded allegations made to today's DCMS select committee, referring to myself, The Yorkshire Post and my staff, in relation to Mr Rafiq's experiences of racist bully
"From the moment Mr Rafiq blew the whistle on the racist abuse he was undoubtedly subjected to, we have applied the same rules of objectivity, impartiality and professionalism in seeking to tell all sides of the story." Our readers expect us to do that.
During the course of documenting this scandal, I picked up the phone to Mr Rafiq to make sure I understood his experience and reflected it in our coverage.
"From a personal perspective, one that I was not afforded the privilege of airing to the DCMS, I know I will be able to look back with absolute conviction that we as a team have sought to tell everyone's truth when others have not."
I am not surprised that The Yorkshire Post's brand of fearless journalism has been attacked by powerful people today.
The failed attempt to undermine The Yorkshire Post should worry those who believe in a free press.
I want to assure Mr Rafiq that I am committed to listening to and telling all sides of the story with honesty, integrity and impartiality.
The chairman of Yorkshire read out a racist letter the club had received and said he has recieved many similar letters since Rafiq spoke out.
An independent whistleblowing hotline for victims of discrimination has been opened since Lord Patel took over, as well as structural reforms at the club.
He said his job has felt "relentless" since he took over.
Things need to change. Sport brings people together and we like it.
I don't think people understand what's happening. I don't think the European Central Bank has it. We need to get under the skin of the culture of cricket.
We are on a journey. People are going to have to leave the bus. Things need to change.
Women have been forgotten within Yorkshire.
The women's team does not have their own changing room.
Laura Scott is a reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The purpose of Azeem Rafiq blowing the whistle on his own experiences of racism was to try to improve the game, but his testimony made it clear that the personal impact this has had on him has not gone away.
13 months after his last appearance before the committee, he still isn't convinced that cricket's structural problems are being properly addressed.
He doesn't seem to have a lot of faith in the initiatives brought in by the ECB.
Yorkshire have vastly improved the diversity of their pathway programmes by offering free coaching and free kit, and that despite costing the county £500,000 to introduce, it has attracted new sponsors, according to Lord Ahmad.
Perhaps having been at the center of the crisis, the county could become a template for future crises.
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