J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have both been named in a criminal complaint filed to French authorities over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” against Algerian boxer and newl crowned Olympic champion Imane Khelif.

Nabil Boudi, the Paris-based attorney of Khelif, confirmed to Variety that both figures were mentioned in the body of the complaint, posted to the anti-online hatred center of the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Friday.

The lawsuit was filed against X, which under French law means that it was filed against unknown persons. That “ensure[s] that the ‘prosecution has all the latitude to be able to investigate against all people,” including those who may have written hateful messages under pseudonyms, said Boudi. The complaint nevertheless mentions famously controversial figures.

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    28 days ago

    Fair enough.

    it’s been pointed out that Cho and Chang are both family names from entirely different cultures

    Just for fun I opened LinkedIn, and I have found 2 pages of people called Cho Chang. This doesn’t say anything, of course, and I know nothing about Asian names and cultures, but I still found it interesting.