A group of ten convicted of digital abuse directed at Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for engaging in the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced accusations of spreading fabrications regarding her sex and sexuality, in addition to making hurtful comments about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the defendants. The full ruling has not yet been published.
A persistent conspiracy theory claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France coincides with the Macrons engaging in a legal action for defamation in the US against political commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the French president's wife's gender.
Their complaint contends that Owens brushed aside any factual proof disproving her claim choosing instead to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these allegations on her podcast and social networks, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would risk all her credibility on her conviction that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her now-husband when she taught at his secondary school.
The couple entered into matrimony in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.
