French President and wife sue Candace Owens again over Brigitte Macron transgender claim
Macrons sue Candace Owens again over Brigitte Macron transgender claim. (Getty Images)
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron have filed a new defamation lawsuit in the US that names right-wing podcaster Candace Owens personally, following her unfounded claim that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman.
The Macrons filed the suit in Tennessee, where Owens resides, with their legal team arguing in the new complaint that the podcaster’s claim is “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions”.
The suit, which Owens has acknowledged on X, also addresses Owens’ “grotesque” use of an E.T. prop she’s named ‘Brigette-doll’, that “caricatures Mrs Macron’s body” and “ridicules her appearance.”
The new filing comes after a ruling in an earlier case in Delaware, filed in 2025. In that Delaware case, a judge dismissed the claims against Owens as an individual on jurisdictional grounds, while allowing proceedings against her companies to continue.
Why the Macrons filed in Tennessee
A representative for the Macrons’ legal team said: “Mrs. Owens was adamant that Tennessee is where this case belongs because it’s where she lives.
“With this filing, we are giving her exactly what she has repeatedly demanded.”
In the complaint, the Macrons’ legal team also documented what they describe as “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions” published by Owens.
What the complaint alleges about Owens’ content
The complaint alleges Owens has continued to use her podcast to expand the claims and profit from them.
“She has continued to use her podcast to expand her lies about the Macrons, sell merchandise making fun of the Macrons and collect donations based on her ‘reporting’ on the Macrons,” it says.
The filing also argues “there is nothing shameful or defamatory about being a man, being transgender, or being gay”, and says the alleged defamation lies in accusing the Macrons of lying for decades and committing crimes to conceal that supposed lie.
In July 2025, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens over the same allegation about Brigitte Macron’s gender.
