Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron have filed a defamation lawsuit in U.S. federal court against Candace Owens, accusing the conservative commentator of spreading a series of knowingly false and damaging claims that the First Lady of France was born biologically male.

Filed in Delaware on Wednesday, the extraordinary 219-page lawsuit demands a jury trial and seeks unspecified damages for 22 separate counts of defamation. It alleges that Owens launched a “campaign of global humiliation” by repeatedly publishing debunked conspiracy theories, including the claim that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman who stole another person’s identity.

According to the filing, Owens made the first public accusation in March 2024, stating she would “stake [her] entire professional reputation” on the claim that Mrs. Macron “is in fact a man.” The lawsuit says Owens promoted this narrative ever since, most prominently through an eight-part podcast titled “Becoming Brigitte,” published after she received a legal retraction demand from the Macrons.

In the podcast and associated posts on X, Owens allegedly claimed the French First Lady was born male and transitioned to her current identity; that she and President Macron are blood relatives engaged in incest; and that the French president was installed through a CIA mind-control program.

“These claims are demonstrably false, and Owens knew they were false when she published them,” the lawsuit states. It says Owens acted in pursuit of “fame and...

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