"The rumors have spread for years online and in French fascist media, amplified in the U.S. by far-right conspiracy theorist Candace Owens. Prosecutors framed the claims that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth and is a pedophile - she met her current husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, when he was 15 years old, and she was his 39-year-old teacher - as part of a disinformation campaign. The Macrons' conjugal relationship started when Emmanuel Macron was an adult."
"The defendants were comprised of eight men and two women, ages 41 to 65, according to the AP. Most of the defendants were given suspended sentences that ranged from four to eight months, while one was sentenced to six months. The court said that the sentences were proportional to the seriousness of the defendants' comments. The court did not make the defendants' names public, but some have spoken out about the trial."
Ten people were found guilty of cyberharassment for spreading false claims that Brigitte Macron is secretly a trans woman with the deadname Jean-Michel Trogneux. Rumors spread online and in French fascist media and were amplified in the U.S. by far-right conspiracy theorist Candace Owens. Prosecutors characterized claims that Brigitte Macron was assigned male at birth and a pedophile as part of a disinformation campaign; the Macrons' conjugal relationship began when Emmanuel Macron was an adult. The court described defendants' online messages as degrading, insulting, and malicious, viewed tens of thousands of times, and said repeated publications had cumulative harmful effects. Most defendants received suspended sentences of four to eight months; one received six months. Defendants included eight men and two women, ages 41 to 65; names were not released.
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