A group of ten sentenced of digital abuse directed at Brigitte Macron

A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.

The defendants faced allegations of spreading false claims regarding her sex and sexuality, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the couple's significant age difference.

The court handed down suspended jail terms of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has still to be made public.

A longstanding conspiracy theory claiming that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has been in circulation since her husband's initial election in 2017.

This Monday's court decision in France coincides with the Macrons engaging in a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted similar conspiracy theories about the French president's wife's biological sex.

Their lawsuit contends that Owens disregarded all credible evidence that refuted her assertions in favour of give a platform to established defamers.

Owens has regularly repeated these assertions on her digital program and online platforms, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.

Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her future husband when she taught at his lycée.

The two tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.