by Admin
Aug 15, 2024
Imane Kehlif, the Algerian female Boxer who stood out in the midst of severe controversy at the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympics.
The boxer who claimed the gold medal on Friday has been under backlash from her co-competitors due to her physique and boxing prowess which has brought her a lot of smear to her reputation in the boxing world and beyond.
This provocation and slander prompted Imane Khelif’s lawyer Nabil Boudi to file a complaint against the Paris Prosecutor’s Office on Friday after her victory at the Olympics women’s boxing final against her Chinese opponent Yang Lui.
Out of the numerous people accused of slander by Imane Kehlif’s lawyer, the most notable are Elon Musk the owner of X platform formerly called Twitter, and J.K. Rowling, the prominent author who is famous for her Harry Potter works, was named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif.
The complaint which was filed to French authorities accused them of “acts of aggravated cyber harassment.” and also said that the prosecuting body should investigate whoever deemed necessary on the X platform.
Imane Khelif’s lawyer Nabil Boudi in his statement to Variety News said “What we’re asking is that the prosecution investigates not only these people but whoever it feels necessary. If the case goes to court, they will stand trial,”
Boudi further disclosed that the lawsuit “could target personalities overseas,” noting that “the prosecutor’s office for combating online hate speech has the possibility to make requests for mutual legal assistance with other countries.”
The 25-year-old went viral after she dominated the female Olympics competition in the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympics despite failing a gender test the year prior due to high male testosterone and the identification of XY male chromosomes instead of XX found in the female body system.
The Algerian whose father has come out to denounce the false allegations against his daughter of being transgender claims that his daughter was born a female and has never gone through any gender modification in her life.
Imane Khelif who is a professional light welterweight boxer has a total record of 56 professional fights and has won 47 of them winning seven of her fights by knockout (KO) and has lost nine times.
She was a gold medalist at the African Championship Games held in 2022 in Maputo, Mozambique.
This is not the first time the Algerian Boxer has faced such treatment due to her gender misconceptions, in 2023 Imane was disqualified after she failed unspecified gender eligibility tests during the 2023 Women’s World Boxing Championships held in New Delhi, India. The tournament was organized by the International Boxing Association (IBA).
This event is one of the main reasons why Imane’s performance at the just-concluded Olympics in Paris was under heavy shadows.