A group of ten convicted of cyber-bullying directed at Brigitte Macron

A French judicial body has convicted ten people for carrying out the online harassment of Brigitte Macron, the partner of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced charges of disseminating fabrications regarding her gender and sexuality, in addition to publishing hurtful comments about the husband and wife's significant age difference.

The court handed down suspended jail terms of up to eight months to the defendants. The full ruling has yet to be released.

A longstanding false narrative suggesting that Brigitte Macron is a person assigned male at birth has spread widely since her husband's first electoral victory in 2017.

This recent ruling in France comes as the Macrons engaging in a libel case in the US against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has likewise promoted comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's identity.

Their complaint alleges that Owens ignored any factual proof contradicting her allegations in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.

Owens has frequently reiterated these claims on her podcast and online platforms, and in March 2024 declared that she would stake her entire professional reputation on her insistence that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her current spouse when she was a teacher at his secondary school.

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