French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have sued American commentator and author, Candace Owens over what they call her “invasive, dehumanizing, and deeply unjust” claims that Brigitte is secretly a man who transitioned into a woman.
In the Wednesday filing, the Macrons say the conservative commentator has caused them “substantial” reputational and economic damages due to “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions” that Brigitte was born a man and transitioned to become female — and stole someone’s identity.
While the 219-page defamation complaint claims Owens has pushed such lies for a while, it specifically mentions a March 2024 post on X in which she wrote. “I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man.”
