Logan Paul Admits To Being “Guilty Of Spreading Misinformation” About Imane Khelif, The Algerian Olympic Boxer
deadline.comLogan Paul and his brother Jake Paul were some of the high-profile social media users who jumped on the bandwagon to make false accusations about the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
The Paul brothers took to Elon Musk’s X platform, formerly known as Twitter, to express their feelings about the boxing match between Italian Angela Carini and Khelif at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Carini abandoned the match after several blows to the face by Khelif, and one post on social media claimed the Algerian boxer was transgendered and assigned male at birth. “This is the purest form of evil unfolding right before our eyes,” Logan Paul said in a now-deleted post. “A man was allowed to beat up a woman on a global stage, crushing her life’s dream while fighting for her deceased father.
This delusion must end.” Khelif has reportedly always identified as a woman, and the confusion lies in the boxer being disqualified by the International Boxing Association last year for allegedly having XY chromosomes.
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