Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron file new defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron have initiated a fresh defamation lawsuit against US podcaster Candace Owens in Tennessee, escalating a transatlantic legal dispute over false allegations she has made about their personal lives. The Macrons, French president and first lady, first sued Owens in Delaware in July 2025 over claims that Brigitte Macron was born a man and committed identity theft, that Emmanuel Macron's election as president was part of a CIA mind-control program, and that the couple were blood relatives involved in incest.

A judge ruled the case could only proceed against Owens's Delaware-based media companies, which remains pending. Now, a new lawsuit filed on November 4th in Nashville, Tennessee, where Owens resides, adds 88 additional counts of defamation, false light, and defamation by implication against the podcaster personally. The Macrons allege Owens has continued publishing "outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions" in her eight-part podcast series "Becoming Brigitte" and accompanying X posts, while financially benefiting from the falsehoods.

They claim she has used merchandise and donations based on her "reporting" on the Macrons. The lawsuit also criticizes Owens for a "Brigitte doll" in her videos, describing it as "a grotesque, alien-like figure" that caricatures Brigitte Macron's body, indicating the campaign is driven by animus towards her perceived gender identity.

The Macrons demand actual, presumed, and punitive damages, plus an injunction preventing Owens from republishing defamatory statements.