Eight men and two women are accused of making posts repeating the claims, as well as others about her sexuality and mentioning the 24-year age gap to her husband as “paedophilia”.<\/p>\n
The accused are between 41 and 60 and include a teacher, computer scientist, an elected official, and a woman who presents herself as a medium and advertising executive.<\/p>\n
The trial, due to begin Monday, is expected to last two days and comes after the Macrons filed a defamation case in the US this summer over conservative influencer Candace Owens repeating the claims.<\/p>\n
The French president has claimed that taking legal action against Ms Owens was about “defending his honour”,<\/p>\n
Mrs Macron and her brother won also another French defamation case last year against two women who were initially ordered to pay damages and a fine.<\/p>\n
However, the decision was overturned and Mrs Macron and her brother have appealed to France’s highest court.<\/p>\n
The Macrons met at a secondary school where Brigitte was teaching when Emmanuel was 15. They married in 2007 and Mr Macron became president in 2017.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, the first lady was caught on camera\u00a0pushing her husband in the face<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0as he prepared to get off a plane.<\/p>\n Mr Macron later said it was a case of “simply joking with my wife as we often do”.<\/p>\n The trial also comes as France deals with an ongoing political crisis that saw its prime minister resign\u00a0only to be reappointed days later<\/a><\/strong>, as well as continuing attention over the\u00a0audacious robbery of jewels from the Louvre<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"Sky](\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sky-news-logo-1.png\"){kind=logo}
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