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Brigitte Macron appealed to the highest court against two women who falsely claimed she was a man. The Paris appeals court overturned earlier convictions.
France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron. (File Photo/AFP)
France’s first lady has taken her case to the highest appeals court against two women over claims she used to be a man, her lawyer said Monday, after a lower court let them off.
The Paris appeals court on Thursday overturned earlier convictions against the two women for spreading false claims — that went viral online — that Brigitte Macron, 72, used to be a man.
Brigitte Macron filed a libel complaint against the two women who posted a YouTube video in December 2021, claiming that she was a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux — who is actually Brigitte Macron’s brother.
Amandine Roy, a spiritual medium, interviewed Natacha Rey, an independent journalist, for four hours on her YouTube channel, during which the disputed claims about Brigitte Macron were made.Rey spoke about the “state lie" and “scam" she claimed to have uncovered that Jean-Michel Trogneux had changed gender to become Brigitte, and then married the future president.
The claim went viral, including among conspiracy theorists in the United States.
In September last year, a lower court ordered the two women to pay 8,000 euros ($9,400) in damages to Brigitte Macron and 5,000 euros to her brother.
Brigitte Macron’s lawyer Jean Ennochi told AFP Sunday that her brother, too, was taking his case against the dismissal of the charges to the highest appeals court, the Court de Cassation.
(With inputs from AFP)
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