JK Rowling and Elon Musk are among the many public figures named in Olympian Imane Khelif’s lawsuit towards X, the social media web site previously often known as Twitter.
Khelif’s presence on the 2024 Olympics in Paris wound up producing loads of dialog attributable to false claims and misinformation about her intercourse whereas competing in girls’s boxing.
This dialog turned exacerbated even additional when public figures like Rowling weighed in, significantly after the Harry Potter creator posted a photograph of Khelif in competitors with Italian boxer Angela Carini, falsely accusing the previous of being a “male… enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head.”
Musk – the proprietor of X – additionally reposted a photograph of Khelif’s opponent accompanying the message “men don’t belong in women’s sports,” including: “Absolutely.”
The Algerian gold medallist, who identifies as neither transgender nor intersex, filed a felony grievance to French authorities for “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” earlier this week, along with her lawyer Nabil Boudi confirming to Selection that each Rowling and Musk are named attributable to their posts, “among others.”
“[Donald] Trump tweeted, so whether or not he is named in our lawsuit, he will inevitably be looked into as part of the prosecution,” Boudi added.
In response to Selection, the controversial web persona Logan Paul additionally posted, and deleted, a remark falsely labeling Khelif a “man,” earlier than conceding he “might be guilty of spreading misinformation.”
Regardless of the controversy, Khelif finally emerged triumphant in girls’s boxing, choosing up the gold medal within the welterweight occasion final week.
She was seen celebrating her victory alongside her fellow champions throughout Sunday night time’s closing ceremony on the Stade de France in Paris.
