A group of ten convicted of digital abuse targeting Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has convicted ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced charges of disseminating untruths regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to making defamatory statements about the couple's significant age difference.
The court handed down conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has still to be made public.
A persistent unfounded claim claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This Monday's court decision in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a libel case in the United States against political commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's gender.
Their complaint states that Owens ignored any factual proof that refuted her assertions in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her digital program and social media channels, and in March 2024 stated that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her insistence that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her now-husband when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.
The pair married in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.
