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Ten people found guilty of cyber bullying France's first lady Brigitte Macron after false transgender claims

Ten people convicted for cyberharassment targeting Brigitte Macron with false transgender claims and linking her age gap with President Emmanuel Macron to paedophilia, receiving suspended sentences.

  • On Monday, January 5 a Paris court convicted ten people for cyber-harassing Brigitte Macron, France's first lady, with false online claims about her gender and sexuality.
  • Emerging over several years, the campaign on social media platforms repeatedly targeted Brigitte Macron, France's first lady, fueled by conspiracy theories falsely linking her to Jean-Michel Trogneux and the Macron age gap.
  • Named online figures included Aurélien Poirson-Atlan, whose account was suspended in 2024, and Delphine Jegousse, known as Amandine Roy, who spread conspiratorial content in a four-hour video.
  • The court imposed sentences ranging from cyberbullying awareness training to eight-month suspended prison sentences, while Tiphaine Auzière testified the harassment had 'deteriorated' Brigitte Macron's life and family well-being.
  • Recent years have seen increased court use to challenge misinformation, as Emmanuel Macron, President of France, and Brigitte Macron, First Lady, pursue US defamation suits including against Candace Owens.
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On Monday, French justice convicted eight men and two women, aged 41 to 65, for having participated in a sustained campaign of degrading, insulting and malicious comments against the French First Lady, Brigitte Macron, wife of the French President, Emmanuel Macron. The sanctions imposed range from mandatory awareness-raising courses on cyberbullying to suspended prison sentences of up to eight months. According to local media, one of the convict…

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A court in Paris sentenced ten defendants for extremely derogatory statements on the Internet about the wife of French President Macron.

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Stéphane Larue broke the news in on Sunday, January 4, 2026.
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