Ten sentenced of cyber-bullying directed at Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has ruled against ten people for carrying out the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The defendants faced accusations of circulating false claims regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to making hurtful comments about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court issued suspended jail terms of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has still to be made public.
A longstanding false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France is concurrent with the Macrons pursuing a libel case in the United States of America against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has also voiced similar conspiracy theories about the French president's wife's identity.
Their lawsuit contends that Owens disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim choosing instead to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these claims on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her now-husband when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.
The pair entered into matrimony in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
