Here's a very interesting interview (in French), with the lawyer defending Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy.
From quick notes: She explains that the lawsuit is actually based on 3 accusations that these two ladies made on their famous video:
1- That Brigitte had produced false documents (false divorce papers, fake birth certificates of her children, fake wedding certificates, etc.)
2. (minor) That she had distributed some kind of fake political campaign tract
3. That, given the REAL age difference if Brigitte is her brother, her relationship with Macron actually constitutes abuse of a minor.
She explains that, since both Brigitte and her brother are part of the defense, they imply that they BOTH feel attacked and defamed, which is absurd. It would mean that they BOTH are upset at having been accused of having had sexual relations with a minor, etc. It's almost proving right there that what these ladies said is true, because they never actually accused two people, and Brigitte's "brother" shouldn't be involved at all.
She also says that the truth won't come out in spite of what the media are saying. The trial isn't about whether Brigitte was born a man or not. But she added two interesting interpretations, as to why she thinks that's the case:
First, according to French law, Brigitte doesn't not carry the burden of proof (so she doesn't HAVE to do a genetic test, etc.). Instead, her lawyer provided the least amount of evidence possible (both their tax returns, and J-M Trogneaux's electoral card.) And they didn't even HAVE to provide that.
[Kind of pathetic if you ask me, because in order for Mrs Ray and Roy to prove their innocence further, they'd need Brigitte to accept such kind of test, or be allowed to request pictures/documents of Brigitte's youth, etc. But of course she wouldn't accept...]
Second, she would never sue for defamation for these ladies having said she was born a man, because transphobic perjury or "gender defamation" (which incurs a more serious penalty) would be saying something opposite to the Macron's push for wokeism: feeling defamed because some people are calling her a transgender, would be saying that calling someone a transgender IS an insult, which is totally against the agenda that being trans is cool and normal.
[A case of woke politics gone wrong (because it prevents them from suing), or the best cover for the Macrons to say, "well, we cannot sue for something so obviously false" and just ignore the elephant in the room?]
What a circus...
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