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Imane Khelif files complaint due to abuse over gender at Paris Olympics - ESPN

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PARIS — Olympic gold-medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif, who endured intense scrutiny about her gender throughout the Paris Games, has filed a formal legal complaint in which she says she was the victim of online abuse.

In a statement posted Sunday to Instagram, Khelif's attorney, Nabil Boudi, said Khelif, who won the Olympic women's 66-kilogram boxing title on Friday, asked his legal firm to file a complaint with the Paris prosecutor's office on her behalf. «Having just won a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, boxer Imane Khelif has decided to lead a new fight: that of justice, dignity and honor,» Boudi said. «Ms.

Khelif contacted the firm, which filed a complaint yesterday for acts of aggravated cyber harassment with the anti-online hatred center of the Paris public prosecutor's office.» The Paris prosecutor's office told ESPN it had not yet received the complaint, although it could come as early as Monday.

Boudi added he asked for the criminal investigation to determine who initiated the «misogynistic, racist and sexist campaign» against Khelif. «The unfair harassment suffered by the boxing champion will remain the biggest stain of these Olympic Games,» Boudi added.

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