Brigitte Macron brings forward libel trial against woman who claims the French First Lady is a man after the ludicrous rumour made headlines around the world

Brigitte Macron has brought guardant her libel proceedings against Natacha Rey, who made bizarre claims that the French First woman was calved a man.

The proceeding has been moved from March 2025 to June 19, 2024, astatine the petition of Macron's lawyer pursuing Rey's claims that she was calved nether the sanction Jean-Michel Trogneux.

Since the interrogation with Rey, 48, connected a YouTube transmission astatine the extremity of 2021, lawyer Jean Ennochi said the rumours surrounding French President Emmanuel Macron's 70-year-old woman had continued to beryllium fuelled.

Ennochi truthful requested the proceeding to beryllium sped up, as concerns astir however the rumours person dispersed beyond France and into the United States person arisen. 

He besides said: 'In caller weeks, peculiarly internationally, via the Trumpist influencer Candace Owens, who relayed, I felt that the harm to my clients was expanding time by day'.

Last period American blimpish commentator Candace Owens took to Twitter to tout the arguable mentation aft concisely speaking astir it connected an occurrence of her Candace Owens Podcast.

She said she volition 'stake her full nonrecreational reputation' connected the already debunked mentation that Brigitte Macron was calved a man.

The tweet claimed that the First Lady transitioned astatine the property of 30, arsenic good making outlandish claims that she did not springiness commencement to immoderate of her 3 children, and that her archetypal husband, a 69-year-old retired banker said to person died a recluse successful 2020, ne'er existed.

The conspiracy stems from an wholly mendacious assertion made by far-right mag Faits et Documents (Facts & Documents), aft Macron, 46, was elected.

But the statement was reignited past period aft Emmanuel Macron's step-daughter, Tiphaine Auzière, gave an interrogation to Paris Match successful which she addressed claims that her parent Brigitte was calved male.

Auzière was conscionable 10 erstwhile she recovered retired that her teacher ma was progressive with a pupil who was 25 years her junior.

'I person concerns astir the level of nine erstwhile I perceive what is circulating connected societal networks astir my parent being a man,' she said. 

Speaking to Le Nouvel Obs, Rey said she volition not beryllium capable to question successful June owed to being 'very weakened by cancer'.

Her lawyer, Mr Danglehant, confirmed that connected the time of the caller hearing, helium volition petition a aesculapian certificate - which tin beryllium rejected.

It comes aft 2 women - including Rey, who falsely claimed Brigitte Macron was calved a antheral were punished with 'symbolic fines' reduced connected appeal, it emerged astatine the opening of past month.

In turn, some claimed they were subjected to 'intimidation by the authorities' arsenic 'ultra protected' members of the Paris constitution tried to screen up a 'state secret'.

Details of the bizarre lawsuit focused connected Macron's woman were revived connected March 1 aft her ain girl talked publically astir the accusations for the archetypal time.

The aboriginal person was conscionable 15 erstwhile helium began a narration with the past joined mother-of-three Brigitte Auzière, who was 40 astatine the time, and teaching play astatine La Providence precocious schoolhouse successful Amiens, northern France.

As the French debated the unconventional idiosyncratic beingness of their caput of state, MailOnline obtained details of a judgement handed down astatine the Caen Appeal Court past June.

It referred to 2 defendants – Amandine Roy, a 52-year-old clairvoyant, and Rey.

Both had appeared connected a four-hour YouTube video successful December 2021 successful which they claimed that Brigitte was calved arsenic a babe lad called Jean-Michel Trogneux successful 1953.

This is infact the sanction of Brigitte's brother, and Ms Macron was called Brigitte Trogneux earlier her archetypal marriage.

A justice sitting astatine Lisieux, successful Normandy, primitively fined the 2 women the equivalent of £1,700 each, aft uncovering them some blameworthy of libel.

But, pursuing appeals, Roy was fined the equivalent of conscionable £850, and Rey had £1,300 of her £1,700 good suspended, meaning she had to wage conscionable £400.

Witnesses called to tribunal included Catherine and Jean-Louis Auzière, a childless mates surviving successful Deauville, Normandy.

Jean-Louis Auzière was erstwhile Brigitte Macron's uncle, erstwhile Brigitte was joined to André-Louis Auzière.

Natacha Rey claimed that Jean-Louis Auzière had falsified administrative documents to fell a 'state secret' – namely that his woman had fixed commencement to each of Brigitte's 3 children, including Tiphaine Auzière.

But Jean-Louis Auzière told the court: 'I worked with Brigitte until the extremity of the 1980s, I tin corroborate to you that she is not a man.'

The archetypal ailment against Rey and Roy was for penetration of backstage life, usurpation of representation rights and infringement of property rights,' but the last lawsuit was for defamation.

Frédéric Pichon, Rey's defence barrister, said her probe astir Ms Macron had been 'carried retired successful bully faith' and successful enactment with Article 10 of the European Court of Human Rights, which guarantees the close to state of expression.

He expressed outrage that his lawsuit was 'placed successful constabulary custody doubly during the case', saying: 'I americium shocked by the disproportionate means deployed by the authorities to soundlessness her.'

Mr Pichon added: 'This looks similar intimidation coming from ultra-protected people. If the theses she develops are truthful far-fetched, wherefore spell aft her similar this?

'My lawsuit is not precise wealthy, astatine slightest overmuch little than those who are aggravated with her.'

All parties to the lawsuit accepted the 'symbolic fines' handed down connected entreaty arsenic a last colony to what had go a immense embarrassment to Mr and Mrs Macron.

The transphobic rumours astir Mrs Macron were picked up by the far-Right successful 2022, portion the President was campaigning for re-election.

Groups including the Yellow Vests (Gilets Jaunes) and those protesting against Covid vaccines each utilized the claims to onslaught Mr Macron.

The video produced by Rey and Roy has since been removed from YouTube.

The Elysée Palace has yet to respond connected the comments by Tiphaine Auzière, who is promoting her caller caller – a ineligible play entitled 'Assizes', successful notation to a transgression court.

This was contempt lurid headlines crossed France, specified arsenic 1 successful Gala, which reads: 'Transphobic rumour astir Brigitte Macron: wherefore her girl Tiphaine is worried'.

'I learned a batch astir quality nature,' Ms Auzière said successful the interrogation published connected Thursday, successful which she besides discussed learning of her mother's narration with Macron, resulting successful the divorcement of her parents.

'I cognize that, successful these moments, we indispensable absorption connected the indispensable and determination guardant without taking into relationship criticism,' she said of the transphobic rumours.

'The attacks, the backbiting, the judgements. It was not yet the epoch of societal networks, but we were successful a tiny provincial town. Everything is known.

'Despite each this, they stood tall. I gained an unfastened mind, the tendency to determination guardant without listening to peripheral noise, and gained greater tolerance.'

Ms Auzière said was peculiarly upset that her humiliated father, André-Louis Auzière, was forced to permission the household location successful 1994, adjacent though helium did not divorcement Brigitte until 2006, allowing Mr Macron to wed her a twelvemonth later.

'A household separation tin beryllium a sorrow and an opportunity,' said Ms Auzière. 'Recomposition tin beryllium to beryllium an enrichment. 

'I person a beloved begetter and stepfather,' she added.