Brigitte Macron did not lose her overall legal battles, but she did experience a partial setback when a specific defamation conviction against two women was overturned on appeal.
Brigitte Macron won a defamation case in France against two women (Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey) who spread online conspiracies claiming she was born male.
A Paris appeals court overturned those specific convictions. The court ruled that the statements fell under a legal gray area protecting freedom of expression and were made in "good faith," rather than legally constituting targeted defamation.
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