00:00Olympic boxer Iman Khalif filed a cyberbullying lawsuit after false claims she was trans led
00:05to a wave of online hate, and there are apparently two huge celebrities named in the suit.
00:11The Algerian Olympic boxer became the target of false claims that she was transgender during
00:16the 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:18These unfounded rumors led to significant online harassment, and were linked to Khalif
00:23being disqualified from the IBA Women's World Championships last year due to high
00:27levels of testosterone.
00:28Despite these accusations, the International Olympic Committee confirmed that Khalif is
00:33female, as documented by her passport and eligibility for women's competitions.
00:38The IOC also emphasized that these attacks were based on arbitrary decisions by the IBA,
00:44which has since been banned from the Olympics.
00:46News recently broke that Khalif is filing a lawsuit through Paris' National Center
00:50for Combating Online Hate.
00:52Speaking to SNTV, Khalif explained why this is so important to her, sharing,
00:57Variety was the first to report Elon Musk and
01:10J.K.
01:11Rowling have both been named in the lawsuit, after they added fire to the waves of hate
01:14through posts made on X.
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