A group of ten found guilty of online harassment targeting Brigitte Macron

A French judicial body has ruled against ten people for carrying out the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced charges of disseminating fabrications regarding her sex and sexuality, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the couple's age disparity of 24 years.

The court delivered suspended jail terms of up to eight months to the defendants. The complete verdict has yet to be released.

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

This Monday's court decision in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a legal action for defamation in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the French president's wife's biological sex.

Their legal filing alleges that Owens disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim opting to give a platform to established defamers.

Owens has often echoed these assertions on her podcast 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 originally became acquainted with her current spouse when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.

The pair entered into matrimony in 2007, when the future French president was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.