The trial of 10 people accused of cyber-harassment against French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte Macron ended on Tuesday night in Paris after two days of heated exchanges and an emotional testimony from Brigitte Macron’s youngest daughter.

The defendants — eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60 — are accused of sexist and transphobic harassment over a series of posts and videos claiming that Brigitte Macron was born “a man” and is actually her brother Jean-Michel Trogneux.

The rumour, which emerged in 2021, has since circulated widely across far-right and conspiracy theory networks in France and abroad.

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During the two-day hearing, most defendants argued that the impact of their posts was intended to be humorous or se

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