A group of ten sentenced of online harassment against Brigitte Macron

A Paris court has found guilty ten people for carrying out the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced allegations of disseminating false claims regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to making malicious remarks about the couple's significant age difference.

The court issued suspended jail terms of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has still to be made public.

A longstanding conspiracy theory claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.

This Monday's court decision in France is concurrent with the Macrons engaging in a defamation lawsuit in the US against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's gender.

Their lawsuit contends that Owens ignored all credible evidence disproving her claim opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.

Owens has frequently reiterated these assertions on her podcast and social media channels, and in March 2024 stated that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her future husband when she taught at his lycée.

The couple married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.