France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, has taken her case against two women over claims she used to be man to the highest appeals court after a lower court let them off, her lawyer said on Monday, July 14.
On Thursday, the Paris appeals court overturned earlier convictions against the two women for spreading false claims—that went viral online—that Brigitte Macron, 72, used to be a man.
Brigitte Macron filed a libel complaint against the two women after they posted a YouTube video in December 2021, alleging she had once been a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux—who is actually Brigitte Macron’s brother.
A lower court in September last year had ordered the two women to pay 8,000 euros in damages to Brigitte Macron, and 5,000 euros to her brother.
