Ten found guilty of cyber-bullying targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has convicted ten people for engaging in the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced accusations of disseminating untruths regarding her gender identity and sexuality, in addition to making defamatory statements about the pair's age disparity of 24 years.
The court handed down suspended prison sentences of as much as eight months to the perpetrators. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A persistent unfounded claim suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France comes as the Macrons initiating a legal action for defamation in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.
Their lawsuit contends that Owens ignored all credible evidence contradicting her allegations choosing instead 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 bet her whole career on her belief that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she taught at his secondary school.
The couple married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.
