A group of ten sentenced of digital abuse directed at Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has convicted ten people for engaging in the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced charges of spreading untruths regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to publishing malicious remarks about the pair's age disparity of 24 years.
The court handed down suspended prison sentences of as much as eight months to the defendants. The full ruling has still to be made public.
A circulating unfounded claim suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a libel case in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared analogous false narratives about the French president's wife's identity.
Their lawsuit states that Owens disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her podcast and social networks, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would bet her whole career on her belief that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her now-husband when she taught at his high school.
The two married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
