The baseless conspiracy theories about Brigitte Macron's gender have taken a negative toll on the French first lady.

The claim was posted by an account called The General (@GeneralMCNews) who said: “BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte Macron discovered that her tax account on France’s official government website listed her as a male under the name “Jean-Michel.” This post went viral with more than 8 million views as of Monday.

A daughter of French first lady Brigitte Macron testified Tuesday in the second and final day of a cyberbullying trial in which 10 defendants face prison terms of up to two years for propagating false claims online, including the conspiracy theory that she was born a man.

BRIGITTE Macron reads every word of trolls’ online abuse claiming she was born male, her daughter told a French court today. Tiphaine Auzière took to the stand as ten people went on trial

PARIS (AP) — Ten people went on trial on Monday accused of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron after they allegedly made “malicious” comments online spreading claims that President Emmanuel Macron ‘s wife is a man. Brigitte Macron did not show up at the two-day trial in Paris that started on Monday afternoon.

Update: A Paris public prosecutor requested suspended sentences of between three to 12 months for 10 people accused of cyberbullying against French First Lady Brigitte Macron as a two-day trial drew to an end on Tuesday.