Macrons sue blogger again over rumors about French First Lady

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a new defamation lawsuit against American blogger Candice Owens. She claimed that the first lady of France is a transgender woman. The couple accuse Owens of deliberately spreading false information in order to attract audiences and profit.

The first trial began in the summer of 2025 in the US state of Delaware, but the court ruled that it is impossible to bring the blogger to personal responsibility in this case due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. At the same time, the proceedings could continue in respect of companies owned by it. Now the Macrons have filed a separate lawsuit directly against Owens in Tennessee, with the blogger herself confirming a new complaint via social network X.

The lawsuit alleges that after the first trial began, Owens did not stop spreading the allegations, but instead stepped up her campaign. Rumors about Brigitte Macron’s background have been circulating online since 2017 and are based on an unconfirmed version, according to which the first lady is allegedly her brother Jean-Michel Tronier, who changed his gender. The couple expects through the American court to achieve the cessation of the dissemination of these allegations, compensation for damages and bringing the blogger to justice.

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