Ten sentenced of cyber-bullying targeting Brigitte Macron
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A Paris court has convicted ten people for engaging in the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced accusations of circulating untruths regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court handed down suspended prison sentences of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The complete verdict has not yet been published.
A longstanding unfounded claim claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This recent ruling in France is concurrent with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared similar conspiracy theories about the first lady's gender.
Their lawsuit states that Owens disregarded all credible evidence that refuted her assertions choosing instead to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has frequently reiterated these allegations on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 stated that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with 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 54.
