A reminder. I've said this upthread.
The French courts only have jurisdiction over what happens IN France. This can include comments made whilst in France OR comments shared in France.
So this case in effect, isn't about what individuals have said, it's about French jurisdictional issues over the internet.
Khelif can not stop what anyone outside France says even with this case.
What it can force is a big payout and it can force the french government into direct conflict with twitter over their censorship policies.
This is about social media being international and country law being terrority based.
The problem is that by going legal, it gives every government interested in censorship, leverage to then go after social media companies for whatever reason including nefarious ones which allow them to kill all free speech.
It's actually ultimately nothing to do with DSDs and boxing.
Now, forcing American laws over free speech into conflict with French laws over privacy is a hill that Musk will die on and tbh is problematic for the US government generally. The French government will understand that means twitter may end up blocked in France. Musk knows this too but Musk also has cars to blackmail the French government with. And to find allies with elsewhere in Europe to build cars and to try and destroy the french car market in anyway he can.
Musk will also throw money at this case because it's ultimately personal. I wouldn't be surprised at some sort of counter-sue or support for anything to destroy the credibility of Khelif or those who support Khelif and support for a legal case for female boxers to sue the IOC to demonstrate that this is 'a travesty of the far left and inclusion gone too far'.
I very much doubt Musk is upset or concerned. It plays straight to his agenda ahead of the US election. He'll feel it's beneficial to helping elect Trump.
As for JKR, I don't think it is of much consequence to her precisely because a French judge is going to have trouble pinning anything on her because of jurisdiction issues. Her concerns centre on the public interest and legitimacy of women's sport and how this case highlights the problem and there is a lack of due diligence and transparency by sporting bodies. She's just raised that concern and I think it will be difficult to argue it's a privacy or harassment issue because of information already in the public domain due to a previous ban. The coaches admitting there is an issue won't help that case. Even with differences in French law compared with English law, I do think ideas of institutional accountability, women's rights within EU law and what's already public remain present.
I think it's about money though if I'm honest.
The first line would be a payout, and wanting to get a financial settlement before it gets to court.
I think if that's the case, then that could be a misjudgement with Musk willing to see if Khelif ultimately blinks first.
It also does have the effect of as raising Khelifs public profile so that generates alternate money streams for Khelif in the future. With official boxing now closed to Khelif (they are - we just haven't got this written up yet), the coaching team will be looking for alternatives. Won't someone think of all the sobbing victim interview fees? Won't someone think of the alternative sport live streaming fees?
Either way, I don't think it will stop harassment of Khelif. But this case isn't about harassment, privacy or DSDs and we should make sure we don't look at it through that lens.