Algerian gold medal boxer Imane Khelif names JK Rowling, Elon Musk in cyberbullying lawsuit

Harry Potter author JK Rowling and billionaire Elon Musk have been named in Imane Khelif's cyberbullying lawsuit after the Algerian boxer was the target of a transphobic online smear campaign during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Nabil Boudi, the Algerian gold medalist's Paris-based lawyer, told US magazine Variety that both Rowling and Musk were referenced in the lawsuit. He added that former US President Donald Trump, though not directly mentioned in the lawsuit, could also be impacted, due to his participation in the online attacks against Khelif.

Rowling, Musk, and other right-wing public figures had questioned Khelif's gender and right to compete at the Paris Olympics, after Italian boxer Angela Carini withdrew 46 seconds into a match against the Algerian on 1 August, claiming that she had never been hit so hard in her boxing career. Carini also refused to shake Khelif's hand at the end of their match and was seen sobbing.

Shortly after, Khelif soon found herself in the middle of a misinformation and transphobic social media storm over her gender identity, spearheaded by Rowling and Musk, among others. Several high-profile right-wing accounts joined in the vilification of the 25-year-old Algerian boxer, accusing her of being a man, transgender, intersex, or having X and Y chromosomes.

Khelif was disqualified by the International Boxing Association (IBA) last year during the World Championships for failing a "gender" test, though details were never revealed. However, the IBA has come under fire for corruption-related scandals and its links to Russia in the past, and it is no longer recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which criticised the outcome of the tests and stressed Khelif was eligible as she is labelled as a woman in her passport.

Despite the defamation and online harassment she was subjected to, Khelif went on to win gold medal in the women’s 66kg (welterweight) category on Friday, after beating China’s Yang Liu 5-0.


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[siamsiam]

Good for her, cyberbullying is going on far too much especially if you're a Muslim ..

[Mavi-demv]

Yesss I’m so glad
Don’t let them get away with it
What about the dump Trump ?
Thank you Iman

[يااللهيارب-فق]

I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 4 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 20, 000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 60, 000 for 3 months. ThThe owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw...The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number 00967717354582 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you

[yeyegehdhddh]

Alleged? 😂😂😂😂 hope you gonna pay... and the money will be sent to Gaza...