Ten convicted of digital abuse against Brigitte Macron
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A court in Paris has convicted ten people for perpetrating the digital intimidation of Brigitte Macron, the spouse of French President, Emmanuel Macron.
The accused individuals faced allegations of disseminating fabrications regarding her gender and sexual orientation, in addition to posting malicious remarks about the husband and wife's significant age difference.
The court handed down suspended jail terms of a maximum of eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has still to be made public.
A longstanding conspiracy theory suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has been in circulation since her husband's initial election in 2017.
This recent ruling in France is concurrent with the Macrons initiating a libel case in the United States of America against political commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced analogous false narratives about the first lady's gender.
Their legal filing contends that Owens brushed aside substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists.
Owens has often echoed these allegations on her show and social media channels, and in March 2024 stated that she would risk all her credibility on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.
Brigitte Macron first met her now-husband when she taught at his secondary school.
The pair tied the knot in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was 54.
