Ten convicted of digital abuse targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced accusations of disseminating false claims regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to posting defamatory statements about the couple's significant age difference.
The court delivered suspended prison sentences of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A circulating false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the first lady's identity.
Their legal filing states that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence disproving her claim opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has frequently reiterated these assertions on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her future husband when she worked as an educator at his high school.
The two tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was 54.
