US EditionBrigitte Macron Appeals Acquittal in Transphobic Rumour Case to France’s Highest Court
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE, FRANCE, JUL 14 – Jedi is pursuing legal action after netizens directed death threats and severe harassment at Ning Sophida and their children amid escalating online abuse cases in France.
- Brigitte Macron is appealing to France’s highest court over a libel complaint against two women claiming she was born a man.
- The legal dispute began after a December 2021 video by Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey spread false transgender claims about her.
- Lower courts conflicted over libel rulings, with a Paris Court of Appeal acquitting the women on free speech grounds last Thursday.
- In a previous ruling, the defendants were ordered to compensate Brigitte Macron with €8,000 and to pay her brother €5,000 in damages, alongside being given a suspended fine of €500.
- The case highlights ongoing efforts in France to combat disinformation targeting public figures amid wider international spread of similar falsehoods.
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Brigitte Macron takes libel case to highest court - Washington Examiner
The first lady of France is petitioning the nation’s highest appeals court to rule on her libel complaint against two women who claim she is a biological male. Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, hopes the Court of Cassation will side with her against self-proclaimed spiritual medium Amandine Roy and independent writer Natacha Rey. It will be the third round of legal battle for the case after lower courts went back and for…
Brigitte Macron appeals acquittal in transphobic rumour case to France’s highest court
Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French President, has lodged an appeal with the Court of Cassation following the acquittal last Thursday by the Paris Court of Appeal of two women who spread a rumour online alleging that she is a transgender woman, her lawyer told French news agency AFP.
French First Lady's crusade against spirit mediums on YouTube. Appeals all the way to the Supreme Court.
Brigitte Macron was provided in cassation after the release of two women who had spread a transphobic rumor on the Internet aimed at her. His brother Jean-Michel Trogneux and the Attorney General's Office also provided themselves.
Two women spread the lie that Brigitte Macron was born as a man. The president's wife fought against the YouTube women, but they were acquitted. Macron now appeals against it.
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