False claims online damaged Brigitte Macron’s quality of life, daughter tells court

<p>Tiphaine Auzière spoke at trial of 10 people accused of harassment by posting claims that French first lady was born a man</p><p>Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/26/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-candace-owens-conspiracy-theory-jean-michel-trogneux">that the French first lady was born a man</a> had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands.</p><p>Tiphaine Auzière, 41, a lawyer, was called as a witness at the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/27/trial-paris-brigitte-macron-online-harassment-jean-michel-trogneux">trial of 10 people</a> accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron by creating or reposting social media posts falsely claiming she was a man.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/false-claims-online-damaged-brigitte-macrons-quality-of-life-daughter-tells-court">Continue reading...</a>