A Texas man with a large cache of weapons is accused of shooting and killing an 11-year-old boy who allegedly was playing the “ding-dong ditch” doorbell prank, according to authorities.

The Houston Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a “fatal shooting of a juvenile male” around 10:55 p.m. Saturday.

Police reported that gunshots are heard on the video, followed by audio of the boy gasping.

The shooting victim was rushed to an area hospital, but doctors on Sunday pronounced the child dead.

Authorities identified the shooting victim as 11-year-old Julian Guzman, who reportedly was playing a “ding-dong ditch” prank. Participants in the prank ring a home’s doorbell or knock on the door and run away before the occupant answers.

Investigators said the shooting victim and his 10-year-old cousin were at a family gathering nearby before they walked a block away to play the “ding-dong ditch” prank.

“Officers were told that Guzman was ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away,” the Houston Police Department stated. “A witness stated Guzman was running from a house, after ringing the doorbell, just prior to suffering a gunshot wound.”

Houston Police Department Homicide Detective Sgt. Michael Cass told CBS News that the suspect was “waiting in the shadows in his own side yard behind a fence” after the victim and his cousin began playing the prank — doing so three times in a span of 15 minutes.

But by the third ding-dong ditch attempt, police said “the cousins ran as fast as they could, but the homeowner was waiting behind the fence in his yard,” according to the news network.

Police said the incident was recorded on Guzman’s cell phone.

Police reported that gunshots are heard on the video, followed by audio of the boy gasping.

‘What harm could they have done? Playing with a doorbell?’

The Houston Police Department named the shooting suspect as 42-year-old Gonzalo Leon Jr.

On Monday, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office charged Leon with murder.

On Tuesday, officers with the Houston Police Department’s SWAT unit and a Criminal Apprehension Team located Leon and his packed car at a hotel in La Porte, Texas.

Leon was arrested and booked into the Harris County Jail, according to online records.

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Sgt. Cass noted that the children were “not threatening in any way” and that the shooting did not seem to involve self-defense because it “wasn’t close to the house.”

Cass told KHOU-TV, “In my opinion, it does not look like any type of self-defense.”

Legal analyst Carmen Roe added to KHOU, “From what we know, it is difficult to imagine a homeowner reasonably believing children playing a centuries-old prank posed a legitimate threat.”

While executing a search warrant at Leon’s house, investigators found a handgun and 20 other firearms, plus tactical and smoke grenades, police said.

“Looked like he may have been a collector of firearms,” Cass said.

Leon is an Army veteran who was deployed and spent time in the reserves, police told CBS News, which added that his defense attorney at his Wednesday court appearance said Leon was disabled in combat and honorably discharged.

Neighbors were shocked after a child’s prank resulted in tragedy.

“What harm could they have done? Playing with a doorbell? That’s the part that really kind of hurts the heart,” one neighbor told KHOU. “For someone to shoot him in the back, they knew they were a kid. What’s the purpose of it?”

Another resident added, “Kids are just being kids. I feel like we’ve all played ‘ding-dong ditch.'”

One neighbor claimed to have seen a group of children pranking homes in the neighborhood on the day of the shooting.

“I warned them that they shouldn’t be doing what they were doing, that it was dangerous, and they had two minutes to go and leave the property or I would contact the police,” the neighbor stated. “They knew that they were doing something wrong.”

One resident claimed that “an innocent life” was taken, but it could have been avoided if parents taught their children “what’s right and what’s wrong, and it’s wrong to knock on somebody’s door playing a prank.”

A number of recent “ding-dong ditch” pranks resulted in unfortunate outcomes.

As Blaze News reported in May, a Virginia homeowner was charged with murder after a high school senior was fatally shot as he allegedly played the “ding-dong ditch” game. In January, four juveniles reportedly did the doorbell prank at a home in Missouri, after which the homeowner chased them with a sawed-off shotgun but didn’t fire it.In July 2024, a Maine man fired 14 rounds at teens who had played the “ding-doing ditch” prank.Blaze News reported in August 2023 that a Delaware state trooper was suspended for allegedly beating a 15-year-old boy after the teen played the “ding-dong ditch” game at the officer’s home.

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Billionaire entrepreneur Joe Gebbia said that the failure of Democrats to secure the border led to his abandoning the party and voting for President Donald Trump.

The 44-year-old, who co-founded Airbnb, made the comments while speaking to Katie Miller on her podcast. He said that he spoke to his friends on the Democratic side about border issues and was not satisfied with their explanations.

‘This is not right. … This is a real problem, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be enforcing the laws of our country.’

“In mid-2021, the activity at the border caught my attention, and I remember thinking, ‘What’s going on with this topic? It seems as if there’s no border,'” said Gebbia. “And as it got worse that year, I felt as if I needed to understand this problem more, so I reached out to my friends from the Democratic side of the House, at all levels, from the highest level all the way down.”

He added: “I got some answers, but felt unfulfilled.”

Gebbia went on to say that the president’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner sealed the deal with him after explaining the issue more fully.

“I get on the phone with Jared and say, ‘Hey, can you help me? Fill in the gaps for me? Like, what am I missing here? Is this normal? Like, it seems there’s no enforcement of our own border. Like, don’t nations need borders to be a nation?’ And so he put me on this curriculum of just talking to experts in the field, and I remember just being like, ‘Holy cow, this is crazy!’ Like, this is not right,” Gebbia continued.

“This is a real problem, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be enforcing the laws of our country and our border,” he added. “And so, I think, as I started to pull on that thread, I sort of began to look at other topics and eventually came to the point where I don’t think I can support a political party that wants to have an open border, that lets in criminals and dangerous people into our country. That’s not something I can get behind.”

Video of Gebbia’s comments went viral on social media with more than nine million views.

RELATED: Anti-Trump critics call for boycott against Airbnb after co-founder reportedly joins DOGE

Gebbia went on social media to clarify that he had stepped away from any operating role at the company in 2022.

“My views are my own and are in no way reflective of the company,” he added.

That did not prevent people on the left from attacking him.

“Gross. Airbnb’s co-founder Joe Gebbia spreading anti-immigrant hate on the podcast of a fascist who delights in separating families and disappearing people,” responded queer New York City Council member Tiffany Caban.

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California’s mask commissars are once again clamoring for Americans to cover their faces.

During the pandemic, Democrat leaders and health officials in the Golden State proved eager to condition Americans’ ability to leave the house and to perform basic errands on wearing a mask.

“Bring your mask with you whenever you leave your home,” said former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “That will help us get more freedoms.”

On June 18, 2020 — just over a month after L.A. reopened its beaches — the California Department of Public Health announced that Californians were required to wear face coverings in public spaces; when obtaining services from the health care sector; when waiting for or riding on public transportation; when engaged in work with other members of the public; and “while outdoors in public spaces when maintaining a physical distance of six feet from persons who are not members of the same household.”

“Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered,” said Gavin Newsom — the Democrat governor who months later issued a statewide order expanding the mask requirement to most indoor and outdoor settings.

Newsom issued his order despite evidence that masks, like the COVID-19 vaccines, weren’t as effective as some proponents liked to pretend.

RELATED: Let us never forget how COVID lockdown lunacy, tyranny, and hypocrisy harmed all of us

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For instance, the Centers for Disease Control’s peer-reviewed journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, published a study in May 2020 that found “no significant reduction in influenza transmission with the use of face masks.”

The researchers stated, “There is limited evidence for [disposal medical masks’] effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

‘I recommend that everybody in West Sacramento wear a mask when they are around others in indoor public spaces.’

Although Newsom’s mask mandate was partially dropped in March 2022, mask requirements nevertheless remained in effect for certain settings. Even a comprehensive Cochrane analysis of scientific studies concerning the efficacy of masks in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, led by Oxford epidemiologist Tom Jefferson and published in January 2023, concluded:

Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness/COVID‐19-like illness compared to not wearing masks. … Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of laboratory‐confirmed influenza/SARS‐CoV‐2 compared to not wearing masks.

Aimee Sisson, the health officer in Yolo County, said in a statement on Friday, “California is experiencing a summer COVID wave.”

The CDC’s COVID-19 Hospitalization Surveillance Network indicated that in the week ending Aug. 23, the national hospitalization rate was 1.4 per 100,000 for those ages 0-4; 0.2 for those ages 5-17; 0.4 for those ages 18-49; 0.9 for those ages 50-64; and 5.1 for those 65 and older.

While the overall level of hospitalizations for the endemic virus is reportedly “low,” the Los Angeles Times indicated the number is increasing across the Golden State.

According to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 31 states, including California.

RELATED: The numbers hold terrible news for the Democrats’ future

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“Based on current wastewater levels of the virus that causes COVID-19, I recommend that everybody in West Sacramento wear a mask when they are around others in indoor public spaces,” said Sisson. “I also recommend that people in the rest of Yolo County wear masks when they are around others indoors if they are 65 or older, have a weakened immune system, have an underlying medical condition that puts them at a greater risk of severe COVID-19, or spend time around people who fall into these categories.”

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has similarly recommended “wearing a well-fitted mask when you are in crowded, indoor spaces, including when traveling.”

The California Department of Public Health noted in a social media post on Saturday, “Protect yourself and your loved ones by considering masking in indoor public places like airports and planes. Wear a high-quality mask like an N95, KN95 or KF94 to stay protected.”

The CDPH told Blaze News in a statement, “CDPH continues to recommend masks in certain situations and is not considering changing these recommendations at this time.”

“Local health departments may make recommendations on masking based on virus activity in their region,” the agency added in its statement. “Overall wastewater concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 are currently increasing, and it is not yet clear when wastewater activity will peak this summer.”

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The Trump administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement has expanded its detention space to yet another state, after already opening facilities in Florida, Indiana, Nebraska, and Texas.

ICE has officially opened the “Louisiana Lockup” within the Louisiana State Penitentiary. This facility was created through a partnership with the notorious prison to utilize an unused section, expanding ICE’s capacity by 416 beds. The DHS plans to house the “worst of the worst” illegal immigrants at this facility.

‘If you are in this country illegally, you could find yourself in the Louisiana Lockup.’

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan, and Governor Jeff Landry (R) plan to host a press conference on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the new facility.

“To the worst of the worst: Welcome to the LOUISIANA LOCKUP,” Landry wrote in a post on X ahead of the press conference.

“Criminal illegal aliens beware: Louisiana Lockup is where your time in America ends,” Landry said. “Louisiana Lockup will give ICE the space it needs to lock up some of the worst criminal illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and gang members — so they can no longer threaten our families and communities. This facility fulfills President Trump’s Make America Safe Again promise. I want to thank President Trump, Secretary Kristi Noem, Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Deputy ICE Director Madison Sheahan for their leadership and partnership. Together, we’re making Louisiana and America safer.”

RELATED: Lone Star Lockup: Trump admin unveils largest ICE detention facility yet

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“If you are in this country illegally, you could find yourself in the Louisiana Lockup,” the DHS wrote on social media. “Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.”

The department told Fox News that 51 immigrants have already been moved to the detention center.

RELATED: From Alligator Alcatraz to the Speedway Slammer: Noem’s DHS increases ICE detention space

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“Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Louisiana to expand detention space,” Noem stated. “Thank you to Governor Landry for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in CECOT, Cornhusker Clink, Speedway Slammer, or Louisiana Lockup. Avoid arrest and self-deport now using the CBP Home App.”

CECOT — Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo — is a maximum-security prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration transferred suspected gang members.

Blaze News reached out to the DHS for comment.

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Last month, a high-ranking Israeli government official was arrested and charged with a felony during a sex crime sting operation by Nevada police. Nearly a month after he posted bail, flew back to Israel as scheduled, and failed to appear for his felony arraignment on August 27, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was scheduled to appear in court via a Zoom link Wednesday.

Alexandrovich, who was confirmed to be a senior official of the Israel Cyber Directorate, was arrested and charged with using computer technology to engage in a sexual act with a minor, a felony.

The court acknowledged that supervising and enforcing these conditions would be difficult given the ‘distance’ between the court and Alexandrovich’s current whereabouts.

Having flown to Israel shortly after posting $10,000 bail on August 7, Alexandrovich was not available to appear before the court in person on August 27, nor did he appear via Zoom. As was clarified on the court docket and during the hearing Wednesday, his bail was posted prior to the probable cause review.

Blaze News can confirm that Alexandrovich appeared at the arraignment hearing set for September 3.

RELATED: Israeli government official arrested in child sex-crime sting, flees to Israel

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Noting the seriousness of the charge, Henderson Justice of the Peace Barbara F. Schifalacqua ordered Alexandrovich to avoid contact with minors and prohibited the use of social media or applications for dating or meetups.

The court acknowledged potential difficulties in supervising and enforcing these conditions given the “distance” between the court and Alexandrovich’s current whereabouts.

During the hearing, the defense stated that Alexandrovich submitted to and “passed” a polygraph test when asked if he had ever had sexual contact with any person under the age of 19. The defense also noted that Alexandrovich has been compliant with the court in the almost 30 days that have elapsed since the arrest.

An opposition hearing was set for September 24. The reply will be heard on October 1, and the argument, at which Alexandrovich will appear via Zoom once more, was scheduled for October 6. The date of the preliminary hearing will be scheduled during the argument hearing.

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Iconic filmmaker David Mamet got into an enlightening discussion about Democrat policies destroying the American family, and liberal podcaster Bill Maher did not disagree.

Mamet was being interviewed by Maher on his “Club Random” podcast when Maher tried to challenge him on the notion that liberals want to destroy the family.

‘Liberals actually think they’re doing good. I know a lot of times it’s really just about making them feel good. … But they’re not actually trying to destroy.’

“I know you think liberals want to destroy the family,” Maher said to Mamet.

“No. I don’t think they want to destroy the family. I think they have destroyed the family,” Mamet responded. “But they haven’t destroyed my family.”

“But they didn’t really do it on purpose,” Maher replied.

“Wait a second. What you’re saying is ‘I didn’t know it was loaded,’ right?” Mamet joked.

“Yes!” Maher laughed.

“That’s what Lee Harvey Oswald could have said!” said Mamet, referring to JFK’s assassin.

“Okay. But liberals actually think they’re doing good,” Maher responded. “I know a lot of times it’s really just about making them feel good, which is what’s so obnoxious when they do that. But they’re not actually trying to destroy …”

“Yes, and we understand as dramatists is that nobody ever did something for a bad reason,” Mamet interjected.

RELATED: How the black family was broken — and how we can restore it

The video was first published in June but resurfaced as a clip on social media this week and garnered hundreds of thousands of views.

Elsewhere in the interview, Mamet said that President Donald Trump called him after his past appearance on Maher’s show and scolded him for not defending the president’s claims of a stolen election. He said Trump spoke to him for 20 minutes to persuade him about his argument.

Mamet is best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross,” as well as the films “The Untouchables” and “Wag the Dog.”

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A group who say they were victims of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein held a press conference at the Capitol on Wednesday, demanding transparency.

The self-proclaimed survivors voiced support for the Democrat-led Epstein Files Transparency Act, which calls on the attorney general to “release all documents and records in possession of the Department of Justice relating to Jeffrey Epstein.”

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who sponsored the bill, appeared with survivors in D.C. alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), as the victims made a shocking revelation.

‘It will be done by survivors and for survivors; no one else involved.’

Lisa Phillips, who has spoken extensively about surviving abuse at the hands of Epstein, took the podium at the Capitol to make a series of statements.

“Transparency is justice. Release the files,” Phillips stated in one clip from the event.

Phillips has been vocal about her claims recently, saying she was sex-trafficked by Epstein when she was a young model in the early 2000s. However, it was at the press conference that she dropped a bomb.

“Several of us Epstein survivors have been discussing creating our own list of names,” Phillips revealed. “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. Now, together as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world, and it will be done by survivors and for survivors; no one else is involved.”

RELATED: White House slams Massie’s Epstein bill as a ‘very hostile act’ — some Republicans sign on anyway

As one of 23 co-sponsors, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has filed a petition to force a vote on Khanna’s bill in Congress. He would need 218 House members to sign the petition to force the vote, which would likely include all 212 Democrats.

According to BBC, four Republicans have already signed, including Massie himself, Greene, Nancy Mace (S.C.), and Lauren Boebert (Colo.).

In a comment to NBC News this week, the White House slammed Massie’s push for the bill to get a vote, calling it “a very hostile act to the administration.”

Massie has responded, stating that President Trump “may be covering for some rich and powerful people,” according to The Hill.

RELATED: Epstein victims have identified other ‘persons of interest,’ House Oversight Committee chair says

Lisa Phillips speaks during a rally in support of the victims of disgraced financier and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

In comments alongside the Epstein victims, Greene called the fight for transparency “the most important” battle currently in Congress.

“Fighting for innocent people,” Greene added, stating that the women she stood with have never received justice.

Greene continued, noting she become aware that Epstein rubbed shoulders with elites in the United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.

“Jeffrey Epstein, somehow, was able to walk among the most rich, powerful people, not only in America, but foreign countries,” Greene claimed.

She stressed that the scandal is something that should “never happen in America” and that the issue is not something that should drive a political wedge between Republicans and Democrats.

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Amid his stunning success at reducing crime in Washington, D.C, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of sending federal law enforcement agents to yet another deep-blue city with a violent crime problem — instead of to Chicago.

On Wednesday, Trump indicated that he may first send federal agents down south to New Orleans on account of his strong relationship with Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.

‘With a crime rate of 65 per 1,000 residents, New Orleans has one of the highest crime rates in America.’

“We’re making a determination now, do we go to Chicago, or do we go to a place like New Orleans, where we have a great governor, Jeff Landry, who wants us to come in and straighten out a very nice section of this country that’s become quite tough, quite bad?” Trump said from the Oval Office.

“So we’re going to be going to, maybe, Louisiana, and you have New Orleans, which has a crime problem. We’ll straighten that out in about two weeks. It will take us two weeks — easier than D.C.”

RELATED: Mayor Johnson remains defiant on Trump’s pending National Guard deployment amid violent weekend

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Outlets initially balked at Trump’s description of New Orleans as “quite tough” and “quite bad,” citing statistics that suggest crime fell slightly in 2024 and significantly since 2022. However, other crime indices show that New Orleans does indeed have “a crime problem,” as Trump said.

Neighborhood Scout said that “with a crime rate of 65 per 1,000 residents, New Orleans has one of the highest crime rates in America.” The database rated New Orleans a 1 out of 100 where 100 is the safest possible. In a 2023 version of its top 100 most dangerous cities in America, Neighborhood Scout listed New Orleans at 33.

It also happens to be one of the most Democratic. According to World Population Review, New Orleans is among the top 20 most liberal cities in America, coming in at number 17.

Blaze News reached out to the offices of Gov. Landry and NOLA Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) to see whether they would cooperate with any type of federal law enforcement help, but neither office responded.

Even with the ongoing violence in cities like New Orleans and strong resistance from Illinois Democrats like Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Trump still seems determined to assist the crime-beleaguered residents of Chicago.

“We can straighten out Chicago. All they have to do is ask us to go into Chicago,” he said.

“We don’t have the support of some of these politicians. But I’ll tell you who is supporting us, the people of Chicago, and I sort of want them to let it be known they have incompetent people.”

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President Donald Trump revealed a military strike against drug-runners in a ship from Venezuela in an offhand comment from the White House, but it led to a curious response from his critics.

The president offered few details on the operation to reporters Tuesday but said that he had been briefed on the strike by Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

‘He’s basically the actual devil you can stop playing it safe now.’

Trump later released a video of the strike on a post on Truth Social and said that 11 people had died. He said they were members of the infamous Tren de Aragua criminal gang.

“Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE!” Trump said.

The U.S. sent three more warships to the seas near Venezuela in order to combat drug cartel activity that occurred in the prior weeks. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called the actions of the U.S. an “extravagant, unjustifiable, immoral, and absolutely criminal and bloody threat.”

On social media, anti-Trump voices pounced to attack the administration and seemingly defend the murderous drug cartels.

“Drug trafficking is a crime, not an act of war. Traffickers must be arrested, not summarily executed, which U.S. forces just illegally did,” human rights activist Kenneth Roth responded.

“It’s truly insane to me that Trump sent 7 warships and 4,500 troops to Venezuela and just illegally attacked one of their boats and I have barely heard the media and democrats even mention it. What would he have to do to actually get you to fight??? He’s basically the actual devil you can stop playing it safe now,” left-wing YouTuber Kyle Kulinski replied.

“As with Trump’s bombing of Iran, his show of force and possible military assault on Venezuela — a country that poses no threat to the US — is taking place with no congressional input or approval, and next to no public debate. It is pure gangsterism,” activist Max Blumenthal responded.

“We’re not at war with Venezuela. And drug trafficking is not a capital crime nor one that merits extrajudicial execution. If the Trump administration had evidence that they were trafficking drugs, the next step was arresting and prosecuting them. Not calling in the military,” progressive activist Andrew Wortman said.

RELATED: Trump puts $50 million BOUNTY on the president of Venezuela

At least one major left-wing influencer claimed that Trump was motivated by the desire to distract from a group of Jeffrey Epstein victims who were meeting with members of Congress Wednesday.

“Trump just murdered 11 people on a boat off of Venezuela to distract from the Epstein victims speaking out tomorrow,” Brian Krassenstein said. “My guess is an even larger escalation around the time that the victims start speaking in the morning.”

There was no larger escalation after the victims spoke in the morning.

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Disgraced Olympic boxer Imane Khelif has submitted an appeal to an arbitration court about being banned from women’s boxing.

Khelif won gold in the women’s 66kg competition at the Paris Olympics in 2024 despite complaints that he is, in fact, a man. Following a dominating performance at the games in which he did not lose a single round, three different reports surfaced that claimed Khelif is a man. A fourth report revealed a medical document that showed the Algerian has XY chromosomes, seemingly putting the story to rest.

‘She doesn’t box anymore. After what happened at the Olympics.’

Even Khelif’s former coach said the boxer had left his gym and the sport and had not been seen training in months following the leak of the medical report.

Now, the Court of Arbitration for Sport says Khelif is requesting to compete again.

Khelif has filed an appeal against World Boxing regarding a decision that prohibits him from competing in upcoming events without a preliminary genetic test, the CAS said in press release.

In June, Khelif was set to defend a women’s title at the Eindhoven Box Cup in the Netherlands, which is run by World Boxing. But Khelif did not compete in the event when the WBO announced it would begin implementing mandatory sex testing.

Khelif was seeking to overturn that decision, which stated that he is “not allowed to participate … in any World Boxing event until she had undergone genetic sex testing.”

At the same time, the appeals organization noted that Khelif made another brazen request.

RELATED: Transgender boxer disappears as mandatory gender testing introduced worldwide

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Khelif’s submission also reportedly requested that the CAS declare him “eligible to participate in the 2025 World Boxing Championships from 4 to 14 September,” without having to submit to a genetic test.

Khelif hoped that the submission of the appeal would result in an injunction on the ban, which would allow him to compete against women in the interim before an official decision on the appeal was made. However, CAS shot that down.

“CAS dismissed a request to suspend the execution of the decision by World Boxing until the case is heard,” the organization wrote.

Khelif’s side and the CAS will move forward with an exchange of written submissions and subsequently schedule a formal hearing.

RELATED: Trump wins: US Olympic Committee bans men from women’s sports

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Khelif had been thought to be retiring from boxing after his former manager, Nasser Yesfah, claimed “she has stopped everything.”

“She hasn’t even started again. She doesn’t box anymore. After what happened at the Olympics.”

He added, “In any case, she will be subjected to the same type of test if she becomes a professional.”

As reported by 3 Wire Sports, Khelif’s alleged medical condition is formally described as 5-alpha reductase type-2 deficiency. He reportedly has XY chromosomes, internal testes, and a “micropenis.”

U.S. government website Medline Plus explains that those with such a condition are genetically male but can be mistaken to have female genitalia at birth.

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