Overview
- Judges found eight men and two women guilty of orchestrating online attacks, issuing suspended prison sentences of four to eight months for most defendants.
- One defendant received six months in prison without probation, while the court ordered digital‑civility training for all and imposed temporary platform bans in several cases.
- The case centered on a conspiracy narrative falsely claiming Brigitte Macron was born male and linking the couple’s age gap to pedophilia, which the court deemed degrading and malicious.
- Named convicts included Delphine Jégousse (Amandine Roy), Aurélien Poirson‑Atlan (Zoé Sagan) and gallery owner Bertrand Scholler, each receiving suspended terms alongside additional penalties.
- Parallel defamation litigation filed by Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron in Delaware against U.S. influencer Candace Owens remains active, targeting the cross‑border spread of the rumors.