Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron sue far-right podcaster Candace Owens over false claims French president's wife is a man

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Source: The Independent

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron sue far-right podcaster Candace Owens over false claims French president’s wife is a man

Defamation lawsuit accuses Owens of spreading ‘grotesque narrative’ across platforms in ‘campaign of global humiliation’

Alex Woodward
in New York
Wednesday 23 July 2025 17:22 BST

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron have filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens over the far-right influencer’s “relentless and unjustified smear campaign” falsely accusing Brigitte of being a man.

The 219-page defamation complaint filed in Delaware state court on Wednesday accuses Owens of proliferating “demonstrably false” claims through her platforms, including in an eight-part podcast and on social media, designed to feed a “frenzied fan base” in “pursuit of fame,” the Macrons allege.

“These lies have caused tremendous damage to the Macrons,” according to the lawsuit, which names Owens as well her business entities, which are incorporated in Delaware.

The false claims have subjected the Macrons to a “campaign of global humiliation, turning their lives into fodder for profit-driven lies,” the complaint says.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/brigitte-macron-candace-owens-trans-lawsuit-b2794604.html

Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/emmanuel-brigitte-macron-sue-far-152826312.html