The controversy surrounding Khelif’s and fellow boxer Lin’s Olympic participation, while Donald Trump also made fun of the Algerian fighter.
Later, Khelif’s Paris-based lawyer, Nabil Boudi, said that they had launched a complaint against French authorities for remarks made regarding her gender on the internet.
Several well-known celebrities have been mentioned in the lawsuit’s social media postings, but no specific people have been listed as defendants.
At the time, the 25-year-old Olympic winner said she was “hurt a lot” by the extreme scrutiny of her gender and questioned the motives of individuals she suspected of harassing her.
