Imane Khleif threatens lawsuit over report, swings back at world leaders 'who speak without a source'

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Olympic gold medalist Imane Khelif threatened a lawsuit against a French journalist over last week’s report which alleged the controversial boxer had testicles.

Khelif appeared on Italy’s "Lo Stato delle Cose" on Thursday and touched on the report.

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Imane Khelif of Team Algeria competes against Anna Luca Hámori of Team Hungary, not pictured, in the women's 66kg quarter-final boxing match during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the North Paris Arena, in Villepinte, France, on Aug. 3, 2024. Khelif won the match and advanced to the semifinals. (Mehmet Murat Onel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"We will meet with the French journalist in court," the Algerian athlete said, via NDTV.

The report from Le Correspondent cited a French-Algerian medical report and claimed Khelif was impacted by a sex development disorder that is only found in biological males. The report said that without a proper medical examination, the wrong gender is assigned at birth.

It was Khelif’s first remarks about the report since its release. Fox News Digital reached out to Khelif’s lawyers but did not hear back.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) told Fox News Digital it understood that Khelif was preparing a lawsuit against the journalist.

"We understand that Imane Khelif has taken legal action against individuals who commented on her situation during the Olympic Games Paris 2024, and is also preparing a lawsuit in response to the latest reporting," the IOC said. "The IOC will not comment while legal action is ongoing, or on media reports about unverified documents whose origin cannot be confirmed."

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