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The mayor of Paris has offered her “unwavering support” to the artistic director behind the Olympics opening ceremony after he was subjected to harassment online including death threats.
Thomas Jolly has filed a complaint with authorities after the opening ceremony — which took place on Friday night — saw him targeted by “threats” and “defamation”.
Sections of the ceremony drew criticism from some quarters including a scene which some deemed a mocking of Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper.
Jolly has repeatedly denied any link between the scene in question and the famous painting.
A statement from Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo on Friday read: “On behalf of the City of Paris and in my own name, I would like to extend my unwavering support to Thomas Jolly in the aftermath of the threats and harassment he has been subjected to in recent days, which have led him to lodge a complaint.”
Paris’ Central Office for Combating Crimes Against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH) is now investigating Jolly’s complaint.
Jolly’s complaint related to “death threats on account of his origin, death threats on account of his sexual orientation, public insults on account of his origin, public insults on account of his sexual orientation” as well as “defamation” and “threatening and insulting messages criticizing his sexual orientation and his wrongly assumed Israeli origins.”
Paris prosecutors’ National Center for the Fight against Online Hate (PNLH) carried out an initial analysis and referred the investigation to the OCLCH “given the national dimension of the messages sent.”
“During the opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly carried our values high,” Hidalgo’s statement continued. “Paris was proud and honored to count on his talent to celebrate our city and tell the world what we are all about.
“Yesterday, today and tomorrow, Paris will always stand by artists, creation and freedom.”
(Photo: Stephanie Lecocq – Pool/Getty Images)
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Courtesy : https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5676626/2024/08/02/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-criticism/