A group of ten sentenced of cyber-bullying against Brigitte Macron
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A Paris court has found guilty ten people for carrying out the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced accusations of spreading false claims regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to publishing malicious remarks about the husband and wife's 24-year age gap.
The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of a maximum of eight months to the perpetrators. The detailed judgment has yet to be released.
A persistent unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has been in circulation 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 of America against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted analogous false narratives about the French president's wife's gender.
Their legal filing contends that Owens brushed aside all credible evidence that refuted her assertions in favour of give a platform to established defamers.
Owens has regularly repeated these claims on her digital program and social networks, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron initially encountered her current spouse when she worked as an educator at his high school.
The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was 54.
