Emmanuel Macron finally responds to rumours his wife is trans | 76T362Z | 2024-03-11 11:08:01
French President Emmanuel Macron has damaged his silence over malicious rumours his wife was born a man, claiming such allegations have been 'false and fabricated'.
Speaking at an International Ladies's Day event on Friday, Macron expressed anger and frustration about continuous speculation about Brigitte Macron, 70, whom he married in 2007.
'The worst thing is the false info and fabricated situations,' he stated. 'Individuals ultimately consider them and disturb you, even in your intimacy.'
Attacks on his spouse have been typical of the misogyny ladies need to cope with day by day on-line, he added.
Rumours about Ms Macron first emerged in 2021, originating on a far-right website in September earlier than being circulated by conspiracy theorists.
The source of the rumours have been later traced again to two women- Amandine Roy, a 52-year-old clairvoyant, and Natacha Rey, 48, who claimed to be a contract journalist.
Both had appeared on a four-hour YouTube video in December 2021 by which they claimed that Brigitte was in truth born as a baby boy referred to as Jean-Michel Trogneux in 1953.
Nevertheless, that is truly the identify of Brigitte's brother, and Ms Macron was referred to as Brigitte Trogneux before her first marriage.
The pair also claimed that Brigitte's first husband, André-Louis Auzière, had never truly existed before his reported demise in 2020, aged 68.
Ms Macron later sued the 2 ladies for libel, they usually have been punished with 'symbolic fines' lowered on attraction final June.
The defendants later claimed they have been subjected to 'intimidation by the authorities' as 'ultra protected' members of the Paris establishment tried to cowl up a 'state secret'.
Initially, a decide in Lisieux, Normandy, fined both ladies around £1,700 each- Nevertheless, Roy's effective was later decreased to approximately £850 following attraction, and Rey had £1,300 of her £1700 fantastic suspended, resulting in her having to pay only £400.
The unique grievance towards Ray and Roy was for invasion of personal life, violation of picture rights and infringement of character rights,' but the remaining case was for defamation.
Frédéric Pichon, Rey's defence barrister, stated her investigation about Ms Macron had been 'carried out in good religion' and consistent with Article 10 of the European Courtroom of Human Rights, which guarantees the correct to freedom of expression.
He expressed outrage that his shopper was 'positioned in police custody twice through the case', saying: 'I am shocked by the disproportionate means deployed by the authorities to silence her.'
The transphobic rumours about Mrs Macron have been picked up by the far-right in 2022, whereas the President was campaigning for re-election.
Groups including the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) and people protesting towards Covid vaccines all used the claims to assault Mr Macron.
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The video produced by Rey and Roy has since been faraway from YouTube.
Particulars of the bizarre case have been later just lately revived after Ms Macron's personal daughter talked publicly concerning the accusations for the first time.
Chatting with Paris Match magazine, Tiphaine Auzière, 40, stated: 'I've considerations concerning the degree of society once I hear what is circulating on social networks about my mom being a man.'
Ms Auzière also mentioned how wounded she remained after discovering as a 10-year-old baby that her instructor mother was seeing the teenage Emmanuel Macron.
The longer term politician was simply 15 when he started a relationship with the then married mother-of-three Brigitte Auzière, who was 40 at the time, and educating drama at La Providence highschool in Amiens, northern France.
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