Conservative influencer Candace Owens sued for defamation over claims that France’s first lady is a man
Summary
France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens, a U.S. conservative commentator. They are asking for damages after Owens spread claims that Brigitte Macron was born a man. The Macrons have tried unsuccessfully to correct these claims for about a year before turning to legal action.Key Facts
- Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron have been married since 2007. Emmanuel has been the President of France since 2017.
- The lawsuit was filed in a Delaware court and comes after repeated attempts to get Owens to stop spreading false claims.
- Candace Owens has a significant online following with about 4.5 million YouTube subscribers.
- Owens called the lawsuit a public relations move and repeated her claims about Brigitte Macron.
- The Macrons' lawyer presented evidence that Brigitte has always been female.
- Similar conspiracy theories have circulated in France, falsely claiming Brigitte was born as a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.
- Brigitte and her brother previously won a defamation case in France, but an appeals court overturned the ruling. They are appealing to a higher court.
- Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron met when she was his high school teacher, and they later married after she divorced her first husband.
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