A group of ten found guilty of online harassment against Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced allegations of disseminating fabrications regarding her sex and sexuality, in addition to posting hurtful comments about the pair's age disparity of 24 years.
The court delivered suspended prison sentences of up to eight months to the perpetrators. The detailed judgment has still to be made public.
A longstanding conspiracy theory suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France is concurrent with the Macrons engaging in a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the French president's wife's biological sex.
Their lawsuit contends that Owens disregarded all credible evidence contradicting her allegations choosing instead to give a platform to established defamers.
Owens has regularly repeated these assertions on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 stated that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.
The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.
