French President Emmanuel Macron and His Wife Brigitte Sue Podcaster Candace Owens Again for Defamation in the U.S. Over Her Claims That Brigitte Was Born Male

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a new civil defamation suit against American podcaster Candace Owens on November 4. The court docket shows the complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the state where Owens lives.

The suit concerns Owens’s claims that Brigitte Macron was born male. In the complaint, the couple call those claims false and say Owens repeated them in her Becoming Brigitte series and on social media despite demands for a retraction. They are seeking damages and an order barring Owens from repeating statements the court finds defamatory.

The couple filed their first suit in Delaware in July 2025. On October 27, 2026, the court dismissed the claims against Owens individually for lack of personal jurisdiction. The case against two of her companies, both registered in Delaware, continues. After the ruling, Owens described the Delaware suit as an attempt by the French president to bankrupt her.