Boxer Imane Khelif filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and JK Rowling for cyberbullying

2024-08-14 10:47:23

Total Le Figaro with AFP

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The Algerian boxer, who won the gold medal at the Paris Games, has been accused of being a man on social networks.

An investigation was opened on Tuesday after a complaint for a cyberharassment attack filed by Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, gold medalist in the Olympic Games, the victim of a dispute over her gender, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday, contacted by AFP.

The investigation was opened by the National Center for Combating Online Hate “cyberhaassment based on gender, public insult based on gender, public tendency to discriminate and public insult based on origin”said the prosecutor. The investigations were handed over to the Central Agency for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes.

“After just winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the boxer Imane Khelif has decided to lead a new fight: of justice, honor and dignity”his lawyer Nabil Boudi wrote in a press release on Saturday, announcing that he had been charged the day before. The complainant confirmed that he had received this complaint on Monday. “The criminal investigation will determine who initiated the unfair, racist and sexist campaign but will also focus on those who enable this digital murder”he added.

According to the American newspaper Various, billionaire Elon Musk, owner of Harry Potter, JK Rowlingknown for his controversial positions, was cited in the complaint.

According to the lawyer, “The unfair threat made by the boxing champion will be the biggest blemish of these Olympic Games”.

Imane Khelif won the -66 kg final at Roland-Garros on August 9. The controversy over his gender, led by conservative circles, found its origin in his exclusion, like the Taiwanese Lin Yu-ting, from the championships world in New Delhi in March 2023.

According to the International Boxing Federation (IBA), Imane Khelif has failed a test intended to establish his gender. Not known by the Olympic world, the IBA refused to specify what type of test was carried out.

The International Olympic Committee has deemed her eligible to participate in the Games in the women’s competition. “I am a strong woman with special abilities. From the ring, I sent a message to those who were against me.Imane Khelif told the media after his victory.