Brigitte Macron has appealed a Paris appeals court decision that overturned convictions against two women who claimed she is transgender. The false rumor circulated online after a YouTube video was posted by anti-vaxxer Amandine Roy and journalist Natacha Rey. In December 2021, they falsely claimed her deadname was Jean-Michel Trogneux, which trended on social media. A lower court previously ordered the women to pay damages to Brigitte and her brother for spreading the rumor. Such claims, particularly from the political far-right, have resurfaced multiple times, resembling similar rumors about Michelle Obama.
The Paris appeals court overturned earlier convictions against the two women for spreading the rumor that Brigitte Macron is a trans woman, which went viral online.
Brigitte filed a libel complaint against Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey after they posted a YouTube video claiming that she is a trans woman, previously named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
Claims that Brigitte Macron is trans have been spread by voices opposed to her husband, including those on the political far-right, and resurfaced again in June 2024.
In September last year, a lower court ordered that Roy and Rey pay €8,000 in damages to Brigitte Macron and €5,000 to her brother.
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