Overview
- Prosecutors say eight men and two women posted malicious claims about the French first lady’s gender and sexuality and likened the couple’s age gap to pedophilia.
- Tiphaine Auzière told the Paris court her mother’s physical and mental health has deteriorated and that grandchildren have been taunted with claims their grandmother is a man.
- Defendants, including publicist Aurélien Poirson-Atlan (known as Zoé Sagan) and self-styled medium Delphine J (Amandine Roy), deny wrongdoing and argue their posts were satire or protected speech.
- The case follows Brigitte Macron’s August 2024 complaint and a BRDP investigation that led to arrests in December 2024 and February 2025, after a years-long online campaign tied to a debunked ‘Jean‑Michel Trogneux’ narrative.
- Separately, the Macrons’ 22-count defamation suit in Delaware against Candace Owens remains active, with their lawyer saying they will present scientific and photographic evidence as Owens challenges jurisdiction.