Ten people face trial accused of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron at the presidential Elysee Palace (Michel Euler/AP)

Ten people will go on trial on Monday over cyberbullying of Brigitte Macron after they allegedly made “malicious” comments online spreading claims that President Emmanuel Macron’s wife is a man.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the eight men and two women are accused of spreading “numerous malicious comments” online about the first lady’s gender and “sexuality” and of mentioning her age gap with her husband as “paedophilia”.