Ten convicted of online harassment targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for carrying out the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced charges of disseminating false claims regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to making defamatory statements about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court issued suspended prison sentences of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The complete verdict has not yet been published.
A circulating conspiracy theory suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has been in circulation since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.
Their complaint contends that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations choosing instead to give a platform to established defamers.
Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her show and online platforms, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her future husband when she worked as an educator at his high school.
The two married in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.
