DJ In Controversial Olympics Opening Ceremony Scene Files Police Complaints Following Death & Rape Threats

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French DJ Barbara Butch, who participated in a controversial drag queen scene in the Paris Olympics Open Ceremony, has lodged a number of police complaints after receiving a raft of threatening online messages. “Since the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games artist, DJ, and activist Barbara Butch has been the target of an in an extremely violent campaign of cyber-harassment and defamation,” Butch’s lawyer Audrey Msellati said in a statement. “She has been threatened with death, torture, and rape, and has also been the target of numerous anti-Semitic, homophobic, sexist, and anti-grossophobic insults.” Butch was among the participants in a scene celebrating sexual diversity and inclusion entitled “Festivity”.

The colorful scene, which also featured Nicky Doll and a number of past Drag Race France contestants, was among 12 tableaux capturing the French spirit running through the opening ceremony.

It has sparked controversy after it was erroneously suggested that the film was inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper, prompting accusations that it was an insult to Christianity.

The ceremony’s artistic director Thomas Jolly said Sunday that the scene had nothing to do with iconic painting depicting Jesus’s last meal with the 12 apostles and that rather, it was inspired by Greek mythology.