Ten sentenced of cyber-bullying against Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has convicted ten people for perpetrating the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced accusations of disseminating fabrications regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the pair's 24-year age gap.
The court issued conditional custodial sentences of a maximum of eight months to the perpetrators. The full ruling has not yet been published.
A circulating unfounded claim suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France is concurrent with the Macrons initiating a legal action for defamation in the United States against political commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced comparable unfounded claims about the first lady's gender.
Their complaint alleges that Owens brushed aside any factual proof that refuted her assertions choosing instead to platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these claims 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 in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her current spouse when she taught at his lycée.
The two married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
