The two-day trial of ten people accused of sexist cyberbullying against France ’s First Lady Brigitte Macron by propagating fake and malicious claims about her sexuality and gender began in Paris on Monday.

The case is among a trio of lawsuits brought by French President Emmanuel Macron ’s wife in the face of a claim that she was born a man and has undergone a sex change operation.

Baseless rumours about Brigitte Macron’s sexuality have circulated since her husband’s election as French president in 2017.

The fake news gained traction in 2021 after French blogger Natacha Rey posted a four-hour video on YouTube in which she claimed Macron was a transgender woman, born under the name of Jean-Michel Trogneux, which is the name of her real-life brother.

The video was like a flame to t

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