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

A Paris court has convicted ten people for carrying out the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of French President, Emmanuel Macron.

The those on trial faced allegations of circulating false claims regarding her gender and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the husband and wife's 24-year age gap.

The court handed down suspended prison sentences of as much as eight months to the defendants. The detailed judgment has not yet been published.

A circulating unfounded claim alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.

This recent ruling in France comes as the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States against political commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.

Their complaint states that Owens ignored any factual proof contradicting her allegations opting to platforming known conspiracy theorists.

Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her digital program and social networks, and in March 2024 proclaimed that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she taught at his lycée.

The couple tied the knot in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.