Paris.- The Paris Correctional Court sentenced ten defendants on Monday to prison terms of four and eight months for «ciberacosar» French First Lady Brigitte Macron, although they will only have to serve the sentence in prison in the event of a repeat offense.
They will also be prevented from running as candidates in any election for two years and four of them have been suspended for six months from accessing the accounts they used to harass Brigitte Macron.
Will to do harm
The condemned, who spread rumors that Brigitte Macron was born a man and was a transgender woman, as well as malicious comments about the age difference between the First Lady and the French president, are between 41 and 65 years old, and have very different professions, including a psychic, a stockbroker, a local elected official, a writer, and a gallery owner.You may be interested in: Trial begins in Paris against ten accused of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron
Upon reading the sentence in the courtroom, where only two of the defendants were present, the president of the court insisted that it has been proven that the ten voluntarily published “malicious” and “insulting” messages against the first lady. Specifically, those who questioned Brigitte Macron’s gender or spoke of alleged “pedocriminality” due to her relationship with Emmanuel Macron were pointed out, alleging that when they met, the current head of state was a minor and she was 24 years older. In this sense, the judges emphasized in their ruling that those now convicted “could not ignore that they were participating in a massive harassment” that “had the will to harm the complainant.”Brigitte Macron has shown in her statements that those comments damaged her physical or mental health and have affected her life, especially because of the impact she fears it is having on her loved ones, particularly her grandchildren.
