Trump is one of the names in the cyber-bullying lawsuit filed by Khelif and accepted by the French prosecutor's office following all the insults and bullying the boxer suffered. Alongside Trump, there are other well-known names such as the writer JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter saga.

Khelif gave an exclusive interview to the Algerian-based news channel EL BIRAD. It is her first since winning gold in the women's 66kg category. In the interview she talks about the hate campaign she has suffered since her first appearance at the Olympics, which sparked a global controversy about her gender.

"There was a lot of uproar from big politicians around the world, athletes around the world, and even artists and stars like Elon Musk and Trump, which affected me. I'm not lying to you, it got to me. It affected me a lot, it hurt me a lot. I can't describe the fear I had," she said in the interview.

Khelif warned that such a situation can "destroy" a person and admits that she had to turn to specialists for help and is grateful for the support she has received from the people of Algeria, where she is a much-loved popular icon. "For her femininity, courage and will".

The boxer advanced that Trump will be investigated when he is named in the complaint. The businessman referred to her as a man and wrongly said she was transgender, when she is not. Twitter owner Elon Musk is also named in the complaint.

"It is a great shame for my family, for the honour of my family, for the honour of Algeria, for the women of Algeria and especially for the Arab world. Everyone knows that I am a Muslim girl," she says.

Controversy

The controversy erupted with the fight against Italian boxer Angela Carini, who abandoned the bout after a few seconds, although days later she apologised for her attitude.

By then, the controversy had already begun, led by the International Boxing Association, at odds with the International Olympic Committee, IOC, and removed from the organisation of the Games. This organisation is chaired by Russia's Umar Kremlen, a Kremlin-linked oligarch, whose country has been banned from the Games.

The IBA claimed that it had considered Algeria's Khelif and another boxer, Thailand's Lin Yu-ting, ineligible to compete in events organised by them on the grounds of gender and after testing them. But they were allowed to compete in Paris by the IOC, which has consistently maintained that Khelif and Yu-ting are women. The IBA had allowed both boxers to compete in Tokyo three years ago.