Famed author J.K. Rowling slammed biological male “cheat” Valentina Petrillo after he qualified to run against biological women in the Paralympic games in Paris.
Rowling’s viral post compared 51-year-old male Petrillo competing against women to that of famed cyclist Lance Armstrong who had to give back his medals after he was found to have been taking a drug that gave him an advantage in winning his races. On Monday, the biological male runner qualified for the Women’s 400m T12 semi-finals at the Paris Paralympic Games.
“Why all the anger about the inspirational Petrillo?” Rowling wrote sarcastically to her millions of followers. “The cheat community has never had this kind of visibility!”
Why all the anger about the inspirational Petrillo? The cheat community has never had this kind of visibility! Out and proud cheats like Petrillo prove the era of cheat-shaming is…