French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, have hit far-right influencer Candace Owens with a defamation lawsuit over her false claims that Brigitte Macron is male.
In a suit filed on Wednesday in Delaware, the Macrons allege that Owens has profited from a “campaign of global humiliation” against the Macrons, the complaint said.
In a March 2024 podcast, Owens said she “would stake [her] entire professional reputation on the face that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” according to the lawsuit.
Despite attempts to stop Owens from spreading the conspiracy ― including a retraction letter sent by the Macrons ― she instead “helmed an eight-part podcast series entitled ‘Becoming Brigitte’ (the ‘Series’) and accompanying X posts,” the lawsuit said.
As part of the series, Owens fired off a series of “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions.” More from the lawsuit:
These outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions included that Mrs. Macron was born a man, stole another person’s identity, and transitioned to become Brigitte; Mrs. Macron and President Macron are blood relatives committing incest; President Macron was chosen to be the President of France as part of the CIA-operated MKUltra program or a similar mind-control program; and Mrs. Macron and President Macron are committing forgery, fraud, and abuses of power to conceal these secrets.
The Macrons allege Owens has turned their lives “into fodder for profit-driven lies,” the complaint said.
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