The Algerian boxer at the centre of a gender row at the Paris Olympics has filed a legal complaint saying she has been a victim of online harassment.

Imane Khelif’s lawyer Nabil Boudi said the complaint was filed with the Paris Prosecutor’s Office on Friday.

On Saturday, the gold-winning boxer said: “All that is being said about me on social media is immoral. I want to change the minds of people around the world.”

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    4 months ago

    Against those who started this harassment campaign: the IBA. Those russian assholes began this with their falss evidence.

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      4 months ago

      Wouldnt be surprised.

      Equally, wouldnt be surprised at them being behind that Turkish shooter who didnt use the special glasses.
      Even though: it was a pairs event and he had a partner(who was using the glasses) and he wasnt the only person not using them.

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          He did nothing other than get a silver medal with his partner. But my suspicion is that he’s being used as s dog whistle meme. Because its a White-passing guy not using special gear, often being contrasted against an asian woman who is using special glasses.

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            a White-passing guy

            Not sure what that means. He looked like a pretty typical Turkish person. His skin isn’t even especially pale.

            Turks aren’t Arabs. He’s as “white-passing” as Erdogan.

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            Eh, you’re overanalyzing it. He became meme over his vibes, nothing to discredit the righteous winner.

            The world loves when something unexpected happens

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              I think both can be true. I’ve seen some shitty posts using him too; although you are correct that the main impetus was his casual AF vibe