""Repeated publications have had cumulative harmful effects," the Paris court ruled, via The Associated Press."
"Roy and and co-conspirator Natacha Rey were previously ordered in 2024 to pay Macron €8,000 (about $8,864) over claims they made in a 2021 YouTube video that falsely asserted the first lady is actually her brother, and has secretly transitioned. The two were also ordered to pay €5,000 (about $5,540) to her brother, Jean-Michel Trogneux, as well as a suspended fine of €500 (about $540). The ruling was later overturned on appeal."
""After looking into this, I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man," Owens wrote at the time. "Any journalist or publication that is trying to dismiss this plausibility is immediately identifiable as establishment. I have never seen anything like this in my life. The implications here are terrifying.""
Ten people were found guilty in Paris of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron by posting false online claims that accused her of being transgender. Delphine Jegousse, also known as Amandine Roy, was sentenced to six months in prison, while eight others received suspended sentences of four to eight months. All defendants were ordered to attend cyberbullying awareness training and to pay €10,000 in damages to Brigitte Macron for "particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious" comments. A prior 2024 ruling had ordered Roy and Natacha Rey to pay damages over a 2021 YouTube video, but that ruling was later overturned on appeal. The rumors spread widely before the 2022 presidential election and were amplified by prominent commentators, prompting libel complaints and legal action.
Read at Advocate.com
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