A group of ten sentenced of digital abuse directed at Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has found guilty ten people for engaging in the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced charges of circulating fabrications regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the couple's significant age difference.
The court issued suspended prison sentences of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has still to be made public.
A longstanding unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France is concurrent with the Macrons engaging in a defamation lawsuit in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared analogous false narratives about the first lady's biological sex.
Their lawsuit alleges that Owens ignored substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations choosing instead to give a platform to established defamers.
Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her podcast and social networks, and in March 2024 declared that she would bet her whole career on her belief that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.
Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she was a teacher at his high school.
The pair entered into matrimony in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
