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The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley in Paris

French prosecutors open inquiry into death threats to opening ceremony artistic director

A photograph taken from an helicopter shows an aerial view of the Eiffel Tower and the Olympics rings lightened up during the opening ceremony
The Paris 2024 organising committee apologised for any offence caused by parts of the opening ceremony. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Public prosecutors have opened a formal investigation into death threats and cyber-harassment of Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the Olympic Games opening ceremony, French media have reported.

The probe is the second to be launched into online abuse of people involved in the ceremony after prosecutors this week opened an inquiry into threats of death, torture and rape received by the DJ and LGBTQ+ campaigner Barbara Butch.

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