Elon Musk, JK Rowling named in criminal complaint by Olympics boxer Imane Khelif in France: 'Cyber harassment'

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Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling were reportedly cited in a criminal complaint filed by Algerian boxer Imane Khelif to French authorities over alleged sex-based "acts of aggravated cyber harassment." 

Nabil Boudi, a Paris-based attorney for Khelif, confirmed to Variety on Tuesday that the tech billionaire who owns the social media platform X and the Harry Potter author were both named in the complaint initially filed on Friday to a unit of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office known as the "National Center for the Fight Against Online Hatred." 

In a separate statement to Variety, the center confirmed it received Khelif’s complaint and on Tuesday contacted its "Central Office for the Fight Against Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes" to launch an investigation into "the counts of cyber harassment due to gender, public insult because of gender, public incitement to discrimination and public insult because of origin."

The Paris prosecutor’s office did not name specific suspects.

The investigation in France comes not long after a police commissioner in the United Kingdom had threatened to extradite and jail U.S. citizens over online posts amid riots in London. The city saw clashes between anti-migrant groups, police and groups of migrants following the fatal stabbing of three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. The suspect was born in Wales to Rwandan parents. 

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif celebrates victory against Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori after the Women's 66kg Quarter-final