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French President Emmanuel Macron furiously denies ‘false’ rumours wife Brigitte was born a man
Two conspirators who claimed France’s First Lady was born a man were fined in court
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron has branded “false and fabricated” rumours that his wife was born a man.
Macron, 47, who wed Brigitte, 70, in 2007, said the transgender claims typified misogynistic online attacks on women.
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The politician was just 15 when he started a relationship with the then mother-of-three, his French literature teacher.
Speaking on International Women’s Day on Friday, Mr Macron said: “The worst thing is the false information and fabricated scenarios.
"People eventually believe them.”
Two women who claimed France’s First Lady was born male were punished with “symbolic fines”, although these were reduced on appeal last June.
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Witnesses called to court included Brigitte’s uncle Jean-Louis Auzière.
Auzière told the court: “I worked with Brigitte until the end of the 1980s, I can confirm to you that she is not a man.”
Transphobic rumours about Mrs Macron were seized upon in 2022 when the President was campaigning for re-election.
Details of the bizarre case were revived after Brigitte’s daughter talked publicly about the accusations for the first time.
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Tiphaine Auzière, 40, told Paris Match magazine: “I have concerns about the level of society when I hear what is circulating on social networks about my mother being a man.”
Tiphaine is Brigette's daughter from her first marriage to André-Louis Auziére.
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