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

A Paris court has ruled against ten people for engaging in the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the partner of French President, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced charges of disseminating untruths regarding her gender and sexual orientation, in addition to posting hurtful comments about the couple's 24-year age gap.

The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of a maximum of eight months to the defendants. The detailed judgment has not yet been published.

A circulating conspiracy theory alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has existed since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.

This latest legal outcome in France comes as the Macrons pursuing a legal action for defamation in the US against right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted similar conspiracy theories about the French president's wife's gender.

Their complaint alleges that Owens disregarded substantial counter-evidence that refuted her assertions opting to amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.

Owens has frequently reiterated these assertions on her digital program and social media channels, and in March 2024 declared that she would bet her whole career on her insistence that Mrs. Macron was born a man.

Brigitte Macron first met her current spouse when she taught at his high school.

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