Acriminal complaintfiled by Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif has named Elon Musk and JK Rowling.
The focus of the lawsuit is broad.
Khelif is an Algerian boxer who took home the gold while facing a swarm of online harassment.
J. K. Rowling arrives for the Guinness Six Nations match at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Picture date: Saturday February 24, 2024.© Photo by Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images
In an early match, Khelif bested Italian boxer Angela Carini who ended the match early and in tears.
At the time, Carini said shed never been hit so hard in her life.
Khelif is a woman.
She was assigned that gender at birth.
Explain why youre OK with a man beating a woman in public for your entertainment.
This isnt sport, she said in a post on X.
She posted and retweeted about the boxing match 32 times since that initial post on August 1st.
It wasnt something I intended to do.
Actually, I want to apologize to her and everyone else.
I was angry because my Olympics had gone up in smoke, she said.
Rowling has not apologized for lying about Khelif online.
She has experience with forced apologies about posts.
Earlier this year J.K. Rowling is a holocaust denier trended on X after shedisputedthat Nazis had targeted trans people.
Journalist Rivkah Brown posted a public apology to Rowling.
Brownlater told Forwardthat the public apology had been forced out of her by Rowlings legal team.
She said she doesnt have the financial resources to engage in a legal battle with Rowling.
Nabil Boudi, Khelifs attorney in Paris, told Variety that apologies dont change anything.
The lawsuit is filed and the facts remain.
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