Ten individuals found guilty of online harassment against Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for carrying out the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The defendants faced charges of circulating untruths regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to publishing malicious remarks about the couple's significant age difference.
The court issued conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the defendants. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A circulating conspiracy theory alleging that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.
Their complaint states that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has often echoed these claims on her show and social media channels, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation 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 lycée.
The two tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
