The attorney for Barbara Butch claimed that her client has received threats of “death, torture, and rape, and has also been the target of numerous antisemitic, homophobic, sexist, and grossophobic insults [stigma based on body size]”.
An investigation has been opened by Parisian police.
The 43-year-old activist and producer shared the stage with other drag queens in a spectacle that has been likened to the Last Supper scene from the Bible.
Butch donned a silver headpiece that resembled a halo in it.
Among those who said that Christians had been insulted by the performance were French Catholic bishops, and former US President Donald Trump called it.
The part was not inspired by the Leonardo da Vinci picture depicting Jesus Christ and his apostles, according to the event’s artistic director, Thomas Jolly.
The goal of the Paris Olympics, according to its organizers, was to “celebrate community tolerance” and there was “never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group”.
The DJ “intends to prosecute anyone who tries to intimidate her in the future,” according to the complaint, which does not specifically name any offender or perpetrators of the alleged crimes, “whether committed by French nationals or foreigners.”
