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

A court in Paris has found guilty ten people for perpetrating the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced accusations of disseminating untruths regarding her gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to making malicious remarks about the pair's significant age difference.

The court issued suspended jail terms of as much as eight months to the perpetrators. The complete verdict has yet to be released.

A persistent conspiracy theory suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman has spread widely since her husband's initial election in 2017.

This Monday's court decision in France comes as the Macrons engaging in a libel case in the United States against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced analogous false narratives about the Brigitte Macron's biological sex.

Their lawsuit states that Owens brushed aside all credible evidence that refuted her assertions in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.

Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her show and social networks, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her insistence that Mrs. Macron was born a man.

Brigitte Macron first met her current spouse when she worked as an educator at his secondary school.

The two married in 2007, when the then-29-year-old Emmanuel Macron was 29 and she was approximately 54 years old.