A group of ten convicted of cyber-bullying directed at Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has found guilty ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced charges of spreading untruths regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to making malicious remarks about the pair's age disparity of 24 years.
The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the defendants. The complete verdict has still to be made public.
A longstanding conspiracy theory alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has been in circulation since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a legal action for defamation in the United States against political commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted analogous false narratives about the first lady's identity.
Their complaint alleges that Owens ignored substantial counter-evidence that refuted her assertions choosing instead to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has often echoed these claims on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared that she would risk all her credibility on her conviction that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her future husband when she taught at his secondary school.
The couple tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
