A group of ten convicted of cyber-bullying targeting Brigitte Macron
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A Paris court has found guilty ten people for carrying out the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced accusations of disseminating untruths regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing defamatory statements about the pair's 24-year age gap.
The court delivered suspended prison sentences of up to eight months to the convicted individuals. The complete verdict has still to be made public.
A persistent conspiracy theory claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This Monday's court decision in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared analogous false narratives about the French president's wife's identity.
Their legal filing contends that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has regularly repeated these assertions on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared that she would bet her whole career on her belief that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her future husband when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.
The couple entered into matrimony in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.
