Ten found guilty 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 those on trial faced allegations of disseminating untruths regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the pair's age disparity of 24 years.

The court handed down suspended jail terms of up to eight months to the defendants. The detailed judgment has still to be made public.

A persistent unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.

This Monday's court decision in France comes as the Macrons initiating a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted analogous false narratives about the French president's wife's gender.

Their legal filing contends that Owens brushed aside any factual proof that refuted her assertions opting to give a platform to established defamers.

Owens has frequently reiterated these allegations on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared that she would risk all her credibility on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.

Brigitte Macron first met her now-husband when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.

The pair entered into matrimony in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.