Ten found guilty of gender cyberbullying France First Lady Brigitte Macron

Al JazeeraEN 2 min read 100% complete by Edna MohamedJanuary 5, 2026 at 01:42 PM

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A Paris court found ten individuals guilty of cyber-harassment against French First Lady Brigitte Macron. The defendants, aged 41 to 65, were convicted on Monday, January 5, 2026, for spreading malicious claims about Macron's gender and sexuality online, including false allegations that she was born a man. Eight defendants received suspended prison sentences, one was sentenced to jail in absentia, and another was ordered to take an online hate speech course. The harassment, which intensified after Emmanuel Macron became president in 2017, involved claims that Brigitte Macron's birth name was Jean-Michel Trogneux, her brother's name. The Macrons initiated legal action against the falsehoods, and Brigitte Macron's daughter testified about the negative impact of the online abuse on her mother and family.

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Tiphaine Auziere ×230% Aurelien Poirson-Atlan (Zoe Sagan) 40% Bertrand Scholler 40% Paris 50% France 70% Emmanuel Macron ×480% Brigitte Macron ×890%

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brigitte macron 100% cyberbullying 90% gender harassment 80% online harassment 70% social media 70% emmanuel macron 70% hate speech 60% court case 60% defamation 50%

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