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Macrons sue hard-right commentator Candace Owens for defamation

PoliticsMacrons sue hard-right commentator Candace Owens for defamation

French President Emmanuel Macron and his spouse, Brigitte Macron, have sued American hard-right podcaster Candace Owens for defamation, alleging that the influencer profited off of spreading a false rumor that the French first woman was born a organic male.

Of their swimsuit, filed in Delaware state court docket, the Macrons allege that Owens has “used this false assertion to advertise her unbiased platform, achieve notoriety, and become profitable,” together with launching an eight-part podcast collection known as “Changing into Brigitte,” by which she pushes numerous conspiracy theories concerning the Macrons and their relationship.

In accordance with the 219-page submitting, Owens, a conservative commentator and former communications director of Turning Level USA, started selling theories concerning the French first woman’s gender id in 2024, claiming that she was born biologically male, stole one other particular person’s id and is committing incest in her marriage with the French president — all of which the Macrons have vociferously denied.

Nonetheless, Owens has doubled down on her allegations, even making T-shirts with Brigitte Macron’s face long-established as the quilt of TIME Journal with the tagline “man of the yr” under her {photograph}.

“I might stake my total skilled repute on the truth that Brigitte Macron is in actual fact a person,” Owens posted to X in March 2024, after her preliminary podcast episode concerning the French first woman gained traction on-line.

The Elysée declined to remark additional on the swimsuit.

A spokesperson for Owens slammed the Macrons’ swimsuit as a “overseas authorities attacking the First Modification rights of an American unbiased journalist.”

“Candace Owens just isn’t shutting up,” the spokesperson mentioned in an announcement. “Candace repeatedly requested an interview with Brigitte Macron. As an alternative of providing a remark, Brigitte is resorting to attempting to bully a reporter into submission. In France, politicians can bully journalists, however this isn’t France. It’s America. Candace will handle every part on her present right this moment, the place she’s going to proceed to specific her First Modification rights.”

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Within the submitting, the Macrons allege that Owens’ commentary has resulted in “relentless bullying on a worldwide scale” and demand a jury trial within the state of Delaware, the place Owens’ companies are primarily based.

The swimsuit comes because the Macrons pursue a separate authorized battle again residence towards two ladies for pushing the identical transphobic idea concerning the president’s spouse.

Whereas a French court docket initially discovered the 2 ladies responsible of libel in 2024, ordering them to pay 8,000 euros to the primary woman and 5,000 euros to her brother, who was additionally a celebration within the trial, the ladies have been acquitted by the Paris Court docket of Attraction earlier this month.

The French first woman filed an enchantment in that case July 14.

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