Ten sentenced of digital abuse against Brigitte Macron

A French judicial body has convicted ten people for carrying out the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced allegations of spreading untruths regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to posting hurtful comments about the husband and wife's 24-year age gap.

The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the defendants. 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 latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's gender.

Their lawsuit contends that Owens disregarded any factual proof that refuted her assertions opting to give a platform to established defamers.

Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her digital program and social media channels, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her conviction that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.

Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her now-husband when she taught at his high school.

The couple married in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.