The star of the queer Last Supper-inspired opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics, Barbara Butch, has announced that she is taking legal action over the “extremely violent” cyber harassment waged against her in the wake of her controversial television appearance. 

In a statement posted on Ms. Butch’s Instagram page, her lawyer, Audrey Msellati, claims her client has faced death, torture, and rape threats, and been subject to “anti-Semetic, homophobic, sexist and grossophobic insults.”