A group of ten found guilty of digital abuse against Brigitte Macron

A court in Paris has ruled against ten people for carrying out the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the partner of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.

The defendants faced accusations of circulating fabrications regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to posting defamatory statements about the husband and wife's significant age difference.

The court issued suspended jail terms of up to eight months to the convicted individuals. The complete verdict has still to be made public.

A persistent false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.

This Monday's court decision in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a defamation lawsuit in the US against political commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced analogous false narratives about the first lady's identity.

Their lawsuit alleges that Owens brushed aside any factual proof contradicting her allegations opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.

Owens has regularly repeated these assertions on her digital program and social networks, and in March 2024 stated that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron was born a man.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she was a teacher at his secondary school.

The two married in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.