Ten sentenced of digital abuse targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has convicted ten people for perpetrating the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The defendants faced accusations of spreading false claims regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing defamatory statements about the couple's 24-year age gap.
The court issued suspended jail terms of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has not yet been published.
A persistent false narrative claiming that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has been in circulation since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This recent ruling in France comes as the Macrons engaging in a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's identity.
Their complaint states that Owens ignored substantial counter-evidence that refuted her assertions in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has often echoed these assertions on her podcast and social media channels, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her belief that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her current spouse when she was a teacher at his secondary school.
The two tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
