Ten convicted of digital abuse against Brigitte Macron

A court in Paris has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced charges of circulating fabrications regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the husband and wife's significant age difference.

The court handed down conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the defendants. The complete verdict has not yet been published.

A longstanding false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.

This recent ruling in France comes as the Macrons engaging in a libel case in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's identity.

Their complaint contends that Owens disregarded any factual proof contradicting her allegations in favour of give a platform to established defamers.

Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her podcast and social media channels, and in March 2024 declared that she would bet her whole career on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her current spouse when she taught at his high school.

The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.