The disinformation campaign gained traction online and was picked up by conspiracy theorists both in France and abroad, ...

Brigitte Macron, the French First Lady, has been the subject of false claims on social media, including allegations about her ...

A Paris court has overturned a defamation conviction against two women, Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey, who claimed in a 2021 ...

The two women had been found guilty of libel by a lower court for spreading false claims about Brigitte Macron's gender.

Her birth name, she claimed, was Jean-Michel Trogneux - the boy in the checked shirt in the photograph - before 'he' became a transgender woman and underwent a sex change operation in the early 1980s.

Posts spread on social media claiming that the first lady, formerly Brigitte Trogneux, had never existed and that her brother Jean-Michel had changed gender and assumed that identity.

French First Lady Brigitte Macron has received nearly R160 000 in damages after two women falsely claimed she's a transgender man named Jean-Michel Trogneux. A Paris court on Thursday found two women ...

Brigitte Macron, wife of the French President Emmanuel Macron, is allegedly a man and a picture shows her as a boy during childhood. Our verdict This is false. The boy in the picture is Mrs Macron’s ...

Jean-Michel's estate has been consistently continuing the legacy of the poignant artist and storyteller. Here's the story behind fashion's willingness to continue showcasing his works.

In December 2021, Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy broadcast unsubstantiated rumours online that Brigitte had never existed, and that her brother Jean-Michel Trogneux had changed gender and started ...

Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey will have to pay €8,000 in damages to France's first lady and €5,000 to her brother Jean-Michel Trogneux.

In December 2021, Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy broadcast unfounded rumours online alleging the first lady, formerly Brigitte Trogneux, had never existed and that her brother Jean-Michel had ...