(from left to proper) J.Okay. Rowling, Imane Khelif, and Elon Musk | Picture: X/@jk_rowling, AP Picture/Ariana Cubillos, AP Picture/Susan Walsh
“Harry Potter” writer J.Okay. Rowling and billionaire businessman Elon Musk are among the many people named within the cyberbullying lawsuit filed by Olympic boxer champion Imane Khelif.
Khelif’s lawyer, Nabil Boudi, confirmed to Selection that each figures have been talked about within the physique of the felony grievance, filed within the anti-online hatred heart of the Paris Prosecutor’s Workplace, over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” in opposition to the Algerian boxer.
The outlet additionally verified that the French authorities acquired the grievance and introduced the launch of an investigation.
“On Aug. 13, the Nationwide Middle for the Struggle In opposition to On-line Hatred contacted the Central Workplace for the Struggle In opposition to Crimes In opposition to Humanity and Hate Crimes to conduct an investigation into the counts of cyber harassment because of gender, public insult due to gender, public incitement to discrimination, and public insult due to origin,” learn the assertion.
Other than Rowling and Musk, former United States President Donald Trump can even be a part of the investigation, saying, “Trump tweeted, so whether or not or not he’s named in our lawsuit, he’ll inevitably be seemed into as a part of the prosecution.”
Khelif turned a middle of public scrutiny after she turned the topic of worldwide gender eligibility row throughout her Paris 2024 Olympics stint. Rowling, Musk, and Trump are among the many identified people who aired “misogynistic, racist, and sexist” feedback on X (previously Twitter) in opposition to the boxer.
Rowling, who’s been seen as a critic of the transgender group, confused that Khelif is protected by “misogynist” sports activities organizations as she enjoys “punching” a lady in a boxing match.
“The smirk of a male who is aware of he’s protected by a misogynist sporting institution, having fun with the misery of a lady he’s simply punched within the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s simply shattered,” wrote the ebook writer on the time.
In the meantime, Khelif, who proved to be a lady and never transgender, turned Algeria’s first gold medalist in girls’s boxing and its first boxer total to win gold since 1996 throughout the just lately concluded Olympics.
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