A group of ten convicted of online harassment against Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced charges of disseminating untruths regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to posting hurtful comments about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court handed down conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The complete verdict has not yet been published.
A longstanding false narrative claiming that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.
This recent ruling in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced similar conspiracy theories about the French president's wife's identity.
Their complaint contends that Owens disregarded any factual proof that refuted her assertions in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these allegations on her digital program and online platforms, 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 now-husband when she was a teacher at his high school.
The two entered into matrimony in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
