"Harry Potter" author Rowling has been absent from social media for several days, after erroneously calling female Olympic boxer Khelif a "man."

Author J.K. Rowling has fallen silent on her usually busy X (formerly Twitter) feed, after Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment over statements regarding her gender.

On August 9, lawyers for Khelif filed a lawsuit with a special unit of the public prosecutor’s office in Paris, stemming from false statements that spread online about her gender after the Algerian boxer defeated Italy’s Angela Carini in her first fight of the 2024 Olympic Games. Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the bout and told reporters afterwards that she had “never felt a punch like this.”

  • @dm_me_your_feet
    62•27 days ago

    Also any EU royalty payments could be garnished until her debt from her liability is paid in full.

    With the sales numbers of Harry Potter stuff, i doubt there will be a problem of securing the money.

    • @[email protected]English
      15•27 days ago

      I imagine that her Harry Potter stuff is owned by a corporation. That is probably all separate legally from her.

      So her Harry Potter stuff is probably fine as she is getting sued not the Harry Potter corporation.

      It will mainly affect her ability to travel around Europe.

      • Flying Squid
        2•26 days ago

        She’s also one of the richest women in the world, so she won’t really suffer any major loss unfortunately.