A group of ten sentenced of digital abuse targeting Brigitte Macron
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A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for perpetrating the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of France's leader, Emmanuel Macron.
The those on trial faced charges of disseminating false claims regarding her sex and sexual orientation, in addition to publishing defamatory statements about the couple's 24-year age gap.
The court handed down conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has not yet been published.
A longstanding false narrative claiming that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has existed since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.
This Monday's court decision in France comes as the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has repeatedly shared comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.
Their legal filing states that Owens brushed aside all credible evidence disproving her claim choosing instead to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.
Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her show and social networks, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her belief that Mrs. Macron is biologically male.
Brigitte Macron originally became acquainted with her current spouse when she taught at his high school.
The two married in 2007, when the man who would become president was 29 and she was 54.
