A group of ten found guilty of online harassment directed at Brigitte Macron

A Paris court has found guilty ten people for engaging in the cyber-bullying of Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron.

The accused individuals faced allegations of circulating untruths regarding her gender and sexual orientation, in addition to making hurtful comments about the couple's age disparity of 24 years.

The court delivered conditional custodial sentences of as much as eight months to the convicted individuals. The detailed judgment has yet to be released.

A longstanding false narrative alleging that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has spread widely since her husband's rise to the presidency in 2017.

This recent ruling in France coincides with the Macrons pursuing a defamation lawsuit in the United States of America against conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has also voiced comparable unfounded claims about the Brigitte Macron's identity.

Their lawsuit states that Owens ignored substantial counter-evidence contradicting her allegations in favour of amplify the voices of notorious conspiracy peddlers.

Owens has regularly repeated these allegations on her show and social media channels, and in March 2024 stated that she would risk all her credibility on her belief that Mrs. Macron is in fact a man.

Brigitte Macron initially encountered her now-husband when she was a teacher at his secondary school.

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