A French Disk Jockey (DJ) who performed at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 opening ceremony has filed a legal complaint after suffering abuse online.
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| Barbara Butch. Photo: Getty Images via bbc.com |
Barbara Butch participated in a drag queen sequence during the event which ignited controversy as viewers interpreted it as a reference to The Last Supper.
Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the ceremony, denied this and some art experts said the scene has more similarities with a painting of Greek gods.
The DJ “has been threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and grossophobic insults”, a lawyer for Butch revealed.
Butch said, she had been the target of “cyber harassment”, further saying, the messages she was receiving were “increasingly extreme”.
