Two women have been convicted in France for spreading the rumor online that Brigitte Macron, the wife of the President of the Republic, was a transgender woman. In 2021, they helped this fake news go around the world.
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It’s a little tune that’s been going around since the election ofEmmanuel Macron in 2017: his wife, Brigitte, would have been born a man. She would therefore be a transgender woman.
This false information regularly comes up on social networks, recalls our journalist. Marie CasadebaigThe two women sentenced this Thursday contributed greatly to this.
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In 2021, the first, a medium, questions the second, who presents herself as an independent journalist, via her YouTube channel about a so-called state lie.
International harm
During this four-hour interview, they try to demonstrate that the First Lady does not exist, and that it is in reality her brother Jean-Michel, who supposedly changed sex. They go so far as to broadcast family photos and highlight the alleged proof of surgical intervention.
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At the hearing in June, Brigitte Macron’s lawyer stressed the extent of the damage. This video has gone around the world. It was still circulating recently inUNITED STATES within far-right circles in the midst of the presidential campaign.
Their two authors were sentenced to a suspended fine of 500 euros and 8,000 euros in damages to the president’s wife and 5,000 euros to his brother Jean-Michel.
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