Ten individuals found guilty of cyber-bullying targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced allegations of spreading fabrications regarding her sex and sexuality, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the pair's 24-year age gap.
The court handed down suspended prison sentences of as much as eight months to the defendants. The complete verdict has not yet been published.
A circulating conspiracy theory alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a legal action for defamation in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the French president's wife's gender.
Their complaint states that Owens disregarded any factual proof that refuted her assertions in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her now-husband when she was a teacher at his secondary school.
The pair married in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.
