A group of ten found guilty of cyber-bullying targeting Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has convicted ten people for perpetrating the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the wife of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced allegations of spreading false claims regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the pair's significant age difference.
The court delivered suspended prison sentences of a maximum of eight months to the defendants. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A persistent false narrative claiming that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has spread widely since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France comes as the Macrons initiating a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared comparable unfounded claims about the first lady's gender.
Their legal filing states that Owens brushed aside all credible evidence that refuted her assertions opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has frequently reiterated these assertions on her podcast and social networks, and in March 2024 declared that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her current spouse when she taught at his lycée.
The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was 54.
