A group of ten found guilty of online harassment against Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has ruled against ten people for engaging in the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced allegations of disseminating fabrications regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to making malicious remarks about the husband and wife's 24-year age gap.
The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the defendants. The detailed judgment has yet to be released.
A longstanding false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France coincides with the Macrons engaging in a libel case in the US against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared comparable unfounded claims about the French president's wife's biological sex.
Their lawsuit contends that Owens brushed aside all credible evidence disproving her claim choosing instead to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these allegations on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 stated that she would risk all her credibility on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her future husband when she was a teacher at his high school.
The two tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was 54.
