Ten sentenced of digital abuse against Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has convicted ten people for perpetrating the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced charges of disseminating fabrications regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to making defamatory statements about the pair's significant age difference.
The court issued conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A persistent unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.
This recent ruling in France is concurrent with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared similar conspiracy theories about the first lady's biological sex.
Their lawsuit contends that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has regularly repeated these assertions on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared 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 now-husband when she taught at his secondary school.
The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.
