US EditionMacrons to offer 'scientific evidence' to US court to prove Brigitte is a woman, lawyer says
The Macrons will present scientific and photographic proof to counter false gender claims by Candace Owens, emphasizing the legal requirement to prove actual malice in this defamation suit.
- Brigitte Macron and Emmanuel Macron have filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens regarding false claims about Brigitte's gender identity.
- The lawsuit, filed in Delaware, alleges that Owens propagated false claims regarding Brigitte's gender and identity, causing substantial reputational damage.
- Owens has claimed that Brigitte was born male and used the name Jean-Michel Trogneux, which is the name of her brother, according to the Macrons' lawyer, Tom Clare.
- The case also challenges additional false allegations against Emmanuel Macron, with Clare stating that the claims have been incredibly upsetting and a distraction for the French president.
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For nearly five years, French president Brigitte Macron's wife, Brigitte Macron, has been the target of conspiracy theories about her gene. The attack comes from American influence Candance Owens, and the couple intends to present photo evidence and...
This summer, the presidential couple filed lawsuits in the United States against extreme right-wing podcaster Candace Owens for spreading and exploiting rumours circulating on the Internet.
She was a French high school teacher. Until 2015, she taught literature at the private Catholic and Jesuit institute Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague in Paris. Today she is the first lady of France, co-princessate consort of Andorra and wife of the president of the French Republic, Emmanuel Macron. She is Brigitte Marie-Claude Macron, maiden Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux. She was born on April 13, 1953 in Amiens, in a family of historic chocolate grower…
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