J.K. Rowling Reported To Police By Broadcaster Over Transphobia -- How Cops Responded
09.03.2024 - 05:25
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J.K. Rowling is back at it again — but this time instead of getting canceled online, her comments got taken straight to the police!
On Thursday a bombshell interview dropped on British newspaper site Byline TV in which the guest, a notable broadcaster and trans woman named India Willoughby, expressed how tired she is of the Harry Potter author “misgendering” her and dragging her into a transphobic narrative. She told the host:
See her full statement (below):
What India is referring to is how earlier in the week the disgraced author went on a rant on her X (Twitter) about how she doesn’t believe trans women should be allowed in women’s changing rooms, and for whatever reason decided to name drop the journalist:
Disgusting!
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Because of these awful comments, the 58-year-old newsreader decided to take her complaint to Northumbria Police, and states she believes it could be a violation of the UK’s Equalities Act and Gender Recognition Act — and classified as a hate crime. Of course, J.K. couldn’t keep her fingers off social media, and went on to refer to India as a “male” and accused her of harassment in her response, writing:
See her full, long-winded rant (below):
Despite the back and forth between J.K. and India, police released a response to Byline through a spokesperson, who said the complaints against J.K. didn’t meet “criminal threshold”:
So she gets to continue referring to India as a male despite her legal status as a woman?? Wow.
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[Image via MEGA/WENN/Byline TV/YouTube]
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