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 born a man.
The 219-page defamation complaint, filed in Delaware state court Wednesday, accuses Owens of proliferating “demonstrably false” claims across her platforms, including in an eight-part podcast and on social media, designed to feed a “frenzied fan base” in “pursuit of fame”.
“These lies have caused tremendous damage to the Macrons,” according to the Macrons...
A woman in her 50s has been arrested by police for spreading false information online that named prominent politicians and accused them of serious crimes such as prostitution, drug use, and murder...