Ten found guilty of digital abuse targeting Brigitte Macron

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

The accused individuals faced accusations of spreading false claims regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to making hurtful comments about the husband and wife's 24-year age gap.

The court handed down conditional custodial sentences of up to eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has yet to be released.

A persistent unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has spread widely since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.

This latest legal outcome in France is concurrent with the Macrons pursuing a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's gender.

Their complaint states that Owens ignored all credible evidence contradicting her allegations opting to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.

Owens has regularly repeated these claims on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would bet her whole career on her belief that Mrs. Macron was born a man.

Brigitte Macron first met her now-husband when she taught at his high school.

The two tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.