Article 6PKEY Olympic ‘drag queen scene’ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse

Olympic ‘drag queen scene’ DJ files legal complaint after torrent of online abuse

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Jon Henley in Paris
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A DJ and LGBTQ+ activist who performed during a controversial scene in the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony has said she is taking legal action after becoming the target of an extremely violent campaign of cyber-harassment and defamation".

Barbara Butch, who calls herself a love activist", had been threatened with death, torture and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist and body-shaming insults", her lawyer said in a post on her Instagram page.

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