'NOT A CRIME'
India Willoughby’s claim JK Rowling misgendered her ‘doesn’t meet criminal threshold’, police rule
Rowling posted: 'India didn’t become a woman. He is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is'
BROADCASTER India Willoughby’s claim that JK Rowling misgendered her online did not “meet the criminal threshold”, police have ruled.
Willoughby, who is transgender, said she had reported the Harry Potter author to cops for calling her a man.
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Rowling had posted: “India didn’t become a woman. He is cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is.”
On Byline TV, Willoughby, 58, said: “JK Rowling has definitely committed a crime. I’m legally a woman.”
“I’m legally a woman. She knows I’m a woman and she calls me a man. It’s a protected characteristic.”
Northumbria Police said: “On Monday, March 4, we received a complaint about a post on social media.
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“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.”
Willoughby initially hit back at Rowling’s comments on X, telling fans she was disgusted by the “grotesque transphobia” and adding she was “every bit as much a woman as JK Rowling”.
Rowling recently hit out at media outlets after cat-killing trans murderer Scarlet Blake was described as a woman.
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