They were sentenced to prison terms, suspended, and fines at France on Tuesday (28.10.2025) ten people accused of sexist online bullying of her Brigitte Macron.
The eight men and two women, accused of sexist online bullying against the wife of the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron.
The trial followed a defamation lawsuit filed by the French presidential couple in the US in late July over the “fake news” that went “viral” about the “transsexuality” of the French First Lady.
#Policy – “Brigitte Macron: “the hidden side of a rumor”: “They did not criticize Brigitte Macron’s ideas, nor her husband’s policies, they attacked people in the most vile and cowardly way.”@CarolineFourest#24hBids #LCI #La15 pic.twitter.com/UfBPiwZ83j
— 24h Pujadas (@24hPujadas) October 28, 2025
The French presidential couple’s lawsuit in the US, which will be heard later, was against a far-right podcaster, creator of a series of videos entitled “Becoming Brigitte».
Her daughter’s “explosion” in court
Brigitte Macron’s 41-year-old daughter was present at the Court on Monday, attorney Tifain Ozierwho during her testimony denounced “the hatred” directed at her mother with the “systematic questioning” of her “identity, her gender” and her “integrity”, adding that she had initially “underestimated the extent of the phenomenon” but gradually realized that the whole affair created anxiety for both her mother and the grandchildren of the First Lady of France, who often asked them “about the gender of their grandmother”.
The convicts, who include an advertiser, an elected official, a gallerist, a teacher, a psychic, a computer scientist and others, range in age from 41 to 60.
Ten people went on trial in Paris on Monday for allegedly harassing President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron, by spewing malicious rumors that she is really a man. pic.twitter.com/thakRH0jCg
— New York Post (@nypost) October 27, 2025
The most severe penalties were imposed against the advertiser, known on social media by the nickname “Zoe Sagan“, who, among other things, in his posts characterized the age difference between 72-year-old Brigitte Macron and her 47-year-old husband as “pederasty”. In his apology, he spoke of “satirical” publications, considering that it is covered by freedom of expression.