Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron File New Defamation Lawsuit Against Candace Owens in Tennessee Over False Claims

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have filed a new defamation lawsuit against American conservative commentator Candace Owens, accusing her of continuing to spread false claims about the French first lady’s identity and profiting from the controversy. ⠀ The lawsuit, filed on November 4 in a federal court in Tennessee, alleges that Owens repeatedly promoted the false claim that Brigitte Macron was born male and assumed the identity of her brother, Jean-Michel Trogneux. ⠀ According to the complaint, Owens continued making the allegations even after the couple sued her in July 2025. The Macrons accuse her of using her podcast, merchandise and donations to attract attention and generate revenue from the claims. ⠀ The new filing also targets Owens’s use of a caricatured Brigitte Macron doll, which the couple described as “grotesque” and designed to ridicule the first lady’s appearance. ⠀ Owens acknowledged the latest lawsuit in a post on X on November 9, confirming that the Macrons had brought a new set of claims against her. ⠀ The legal action follows an October 27 ruling by a Delaware judge who dismissed the previous lawsuit against Owens personally because the court lacked jurisdiction over her. The judge allowed the case against two companies associated with Owens, both registered in Delaware, to continue. ⠀ In their new complaint, the Macrons emphasized that their objection was not to being transgender or gay, but to accusations that they had deceived the public for decades and committed crimes to conceal an invented identity. ⠀ The Tennessee case places Owens personally back at the center of the legal dispute, which has continued since the couple first sued her over the allegations in July 2025.