Logan Paul and his brother Jake Paul had been a few of the high-profile social media customers who jumped on the bandwagon to make false accusations in regards to the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif.
The Paul brothers took to Elon Musk’s X platform, previously often called Twitter, to specific their emotions in regards to the boxing match between Italian Angela Carini and Khelif on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Carini deserted the match after a number of blows to the face by Khelif, and one put up on social media claimed the Algerian boxer was transgendered and assigned male at beginning.
“That is the purest type of evil unfolding proper earlier than our eyes,” Logan Paul mentioned in a now-deleted put up. “A person was allowed to beat up a girl on a world stage, crushing her life’s dream whereas combating for her deceased father. This delusion should finish.”
Khelif has reportedly all the time recognized as a girl, and the confusion lies within the boxer being disqualified by the Worldwide Boxing Affiliation final 12 months for allegedly having XY chromosomes. Nevertheless, the IOC disputed these claims and allowed Khelif to compete on the 2024 Paris Olympics as she did within the 2020 Tokyo video games.
After being known as out on social media, Logan Paul issued a brand new assertion the place he admits he was mistaken.
“OOPSIES,” Logan Paul shared. “I may be responsible of spreading misinformation together with everything of this app.”
He later added, “I stand by my sentiment that organic males shouldn’t compete in opposition to organic girls in any sport and if you happen to disagree you’re a sick f***.”
Logan and Jake Paul’s messages on social media about Imane Khelif
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Logan Paul’s brother hasn’t issued a retraction to his prior messages the place he known as the match between Khelif and Carini “sickening” and “a travesty.”
Jake Paul additionally invited Carini to combat “when she is prepared” at one among their boxing occasions from their Most Invaluable Promotions.
JK Rowling and Elon Musk had been different high-profile names that expressed their outrage on social media underneath false info. Neither the Harry Potter writer nor the X proprietor has issued a correction on the time of this put up.
