French DJ Barbara Butch says she's received death threats over her appearance in the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony.
French DJ Barbara Butch lodged a formal legal complaint over the online harassment targeted at her, following her appearance at the Paris Olympics ' opening ceremony.A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics ' opening ceremony — including angry comments from Donald Trump — took a legal turn on Tuesday, with French prosecutors ordering police to investigate complaints of online abuse from a DJ and LGBTQ+ icon who performed.
The lawyer, Audrey Msellati, said the complaint doesn't name any specific perpetrator or perpetrators of the alleged crimes.The Paris prosecutor's office confirmed that it received Butch's complaint and said it tasked a police unit that specialises in fighting hate crimes to investigate. "I'm committed, and I'm proud. Proud of who I am, of what I am, and of what I embody, both for my loved ones and for millions of French people. My France is France!."Although the ceremony's artistic director Thomas Jolly has repeatedly said that he wasn't inspired by The Last Supper, critics interpreted part of the show that featured Butch as a mockery of Leonardo Da Vinci's painting showing Jesus Christ and his apostles.
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