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Imane Khelif’s laughable lawsuit against J.K. Rowling

Imane Khelif (photo: Getty)

Popcorn not being the traditional French treat to celebrate an entertaining spectacle, break out the caramel au beurre salé.  

J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have been accused in a complaint to French prosecutors of misgendering and ‘acts of aggravated cyber harassment’ against the Algerian boxer and newly crowned Olympic gold medallist Imane Khelif, whom I must avoid misgendering myself, lest I find myself a target of prosecution. I shall therefore refer to this individual by the pronoun K, so as to avoid confusion with Elon’s X.

French lawyers have developed a taste for associating high-profile names with even the most spurious complaints

After K’s Olympic triumph, Rowling, the world’s most notorious Terf, or as she is known here, féministe radicale excluant les personnes trans, accused Khelif of ‘enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head.’ Musk weighed in, replying ‘Absolutely’ to a post from swimmer Riley Gaines that said ‘men don’t belong in women’s sports’.

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Jonathan Miller, who lives near Montpellier, is the author of ‘France, a Nation on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ (Gibson Square). His Twitter handle is: @lefoudubaron

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