Macrons File a New Lawsuit Against US Podcaster Owens in Tennessee: 88 Counts Over Claims the First Lady Was Born Male
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a new defamation lawsuit on November 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee against American podcaster Candace Owens, who has repeatedly claimed that Brigitte Macron was born male. The case, Macron v. Owens, No. 3:26-cv-01765, is assigned to Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr.; the complaint runs to more than 400 pages and 88 counts, including defamation, false light and defamation by implication, with a jury demanded. A summons was issued on November 5.
It is the couple's second suit against Owens. In July 2025 they sued Owens and her companies in Delaware. On October 27, Delaware Superior Court Judge Sheldon K. Rennie ruled that Delaware had no personal jurisdiction over Owens herself, a Tennessee resident, and dismissed her individually; the Delaware case continues against her two companies, Candace Owens LLC and GeorgeTom Inc., only.
A new element in the Tennessee complaint is Owens's use of a grotesque doll of Brigitte Macron as a prop to ridicule the French first lady. The Macrons' lawyers say the claims kept being spread after Owens had been told they were false.
Owens confirmed the new filing on X on November 9: 'The Macrons have indeed filed a NEW set of claims against me. 88 in total.' President Macron's office also confirmed the filing to Reuters. The case is at the filing stage and no hearing date has been set.
Source: Reuters
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 法国总统马克龙（资料图）。图：公共领域，经维基共享资源 / French President Emmanuel Macron (file photo). Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
