{"id":611959,"date":"2024-03-09T05:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/j-k-rowling-reported-to-police-by-broadcaster-over-transphobia-how-cops-responded\/"},"modified":"2024-03-09T05:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:35:50","slug":"j-k-rowling-reported-to-police-by-broadcaster-over-transphobia-how-cops-responded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/j-k-rowling-reported-to-police-by-broadcaster-over-transphobia-how-cops-responded\/","title":{"rendered":"#J.K. Rowling Reported To Police By Broadcaster Over Transphobia &#8212; How Cops Responded"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>J.K. Rowling<\/strong> is back at it again \u2014 but this time instead of getting canceled online, her comments got taken straight to the police!<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b7312f-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Thursday a bombshell interview dropped on British <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>paper site <em>Byline TV<\/em> in which the guest, a notable broadcaster and trans woman named <strong>India Willoughby<\/strong>, expressed how tired she is of the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> author \u201cmisgendering\u201d her and dragging her into a transphobic narrative. She told the host:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cJ.K. Rowling has definitely committed a crime. I\u2019m legally a woman. She knows I\u2019m a woman and she calls me a man. It\u2019s a protected characteristic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>See her full statement (below):<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b73134-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Df92VpdWIIM\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Df92VpdWIIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What India is referring to is how earlier in the week the disgraced author went on a rant on her <strong>X<\/strong> (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/strong>) about how she doesn\u2019t believe trans women should be allowed in women\u2019s changing rooms, and for whatever reason decided to name drop the journalist:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIndia didn\u2019t become a woman. India is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b73137-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Disgusting!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Elliot Page Details Terrifying Transphobic Attack In Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Because of these awful comments, the 58-year-old newsreader decided to take her complaint to <strong>Northumbria Police<\/strong>, and states she believes it could be a violation of the UK\u2019s Equalities Act and Gender Recognition Act \u2014 <em>and<\/em> classified as a hate crime. Of course, J.K. couldn\u2019t keep her fingers off social media, and went on to refer to India as a \u201cmale\u201d and accused <em>her<\/em> of harassment in her response, writing:<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b7313a-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome time ago, lawyers advised me that not only did I have a clearly winnable case against India Willoughby for defamation, but that India\u2019s obsessive targeting of me over the past few years may meet the legal threshold for harassment \u2026 India is a classic example of the male narcissist who lives in a state of perpetual rage that he can\u2019t compel women to take him at his own valuation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See her full, long-winded rant (below):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some time ago, lawyers advised me that not only did I have a clearly winnable case against India Willoughby for defamation, but that India&#8217;s obsessive targeting of me over the past few years may meet the legal threshold for harassment. 1\/5 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMSMBWO7gm\">https:\/\/t.co\/kMSMBWO7gm<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b7313d-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1765516978314219723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite the back and forth between J.K. and India, police released a response to <em>Byline<\/em> through a spokesperson, who said the complaints against J.K. didn\u2019t meet \u201ccriminal threshold\u201d:<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b73140-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOn Monday, March 4, we received a complaint about a post on social media. While we recognise the upset this may have caused, the post was reviewed and did not meet the criminal threshold. The complainant has been updated of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So she gets to continue referring to India as a male despite her legal status as a woman?? Wow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p>What do U think about this, Perezcious readers? Let us know in the comments (below).<\/p>\n<div style=\"min-height:120px;width:100%;float:none;\">\n<div id=\"section-65ec266b73143-paragraph-slot\" class=\"lazyload-unit\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MEGA\/WENN\/Byline TV\/YouTube<\/a>]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Rowling is back at it again \u2014 but this time instead of getting canceled online, her comments got taken straight to the police! 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