Ten convicted of cyber-bullying against Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has convicted ten people for engaging in the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the partner of French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced accusations of circulating fabrications regarding her gender and sexual orientation, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the husband and wife's age disparity of 24 years.
The court handed down suspended jail terms of up to eight months to the convicted individuals. The full ruling has yet to be released.
A persistent conspiracy theory suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has been in circulation since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This latest legal outcome in France coincides with the Macrons initiating a libel case in the US against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared comparable unfounded claims about the first lady's gender.
Their complaint contends that Owens ignored any factual proof disproving her claim choosing instead to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her show and social networks, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would bet her whole career on her conviction that Mrs. Macron was born a man.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her current spouse when she was a teacher at his secondary school.
The pair married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was in her mid-50s.
