{
  "id": 19763581,
  "title": "How the conspiracy influencer Candace Owens made disinformation about Brigitte Macron a global phenomenon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/comment-linfluenceuse-complotiste-candace-owens-a-fait-de-linfox-sur",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-13T05:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Politico EU",
    "slug": "politico-eu",
    "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/comment-linfluenceuse-complotiste-candace-owens-a-fait-de-linfox-sur-brigitte-macron-un-phenomene-mondial/"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": "American far-right influencer Candace Owens is being sued by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte over a conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron was born a man. Owens promoted the theory on her YouTube channel, which has garnered over 30 million views, and collaborated with French author Xavier Poussard on a book titled \"Becoming Brigitte\". The Macron couple filed a 250-page complaint in Delaware, accusing Owens of spreading \"devastating lies\" and \"extravagant, defamatory and fanciful\" stories.",
  "summary": "The American turned this conspiracy theory into a podcast with more than 30 million views. She is now at the center of an unprecedented legal battle brought by the Macron couple.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}