Olympic opening ceremony DJ files legal complaints for online abuse over ‘Last Supper’ tableau

Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — A storm of outrage about the Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony has taken a legal turn. A DJ who performed at the show posted Tuesday that her lawyer is filing complaints over abuse that the LGBTQ+ icon has suffered online. In an interview, Barbara Butch’s lawyer told The Associated Press that she had filed a formal legal complaint alleging cyberharassment, death threats, and insults. The complaint doesn’t name any specific perpetrator. Although the ceremony’s artistic director has repeatedly said that he wasn’t inspired by “The Last Supper,” critics including Donald Trump have criticized that part of the show as a mockery of Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting showing Christ and his apostles.