SHOTLIST: PARIS, FRANCE (OCT. 27, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF COURT IN PARIS 2. VARIOUS OF FRENCH POLICE WAITING AT COURT 3. JUDGE ARRIVING AT COURT ROOM 4. LAWYER SPEAKING TO REPORTERS 5. VARIOUS OF DEFENDANTS ARRIVING AT COURT ROOM; ONE OF THEM SHOWING MOBILE PHONE SCREEN TO REPORTERS 6. VARIOUS OF SECURITY FORCES OUTSIDE COURT ROOM AHEAD OF TRIALPARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 27: A trial opened in Paris on Monday, Oct. 27, for ten defendants accused of cyberbullying French First Lady Brigitte Macron over false claims about her gender. The trial is part of the ongoing transatlantic legal fight over rumors asserting that she was born male under the name Jean-Michel Trogneux. The Macrons filed a lawsuit in July against right-wing US influencer Candace Owens alleging that she engaged in defamation. The suit, filed in a court in the state of Delaware, centers on claims that that French first lady was born a man and transitioned to a woman under a stolen identity, as well as allegations that the Macrons are related and so are committing incest and that Macron was chosen to become the French president by the US spy agency the CIA. The 219-page complaint seeks a jury trial on 22 counts related to the claims made on Owens' show, including in an eight-part series that made a number of claims about the Macrons, as well as over Owens’ rebuffs to three retraction demands sent since last December, according to the suit. False claims about Brigitte Macron’s gender have circulated on social media for years, dating back to 2021, when two French women posted a YouTube video alleging she was once a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux -- who is actually her brother. In July, the Macrons also took their case against the two women to the highest appeals court after the Paris Court of Appeal overturned earlier convictions.