Candace Owens has not been shy in sharing disparaging comments about French President Emmanuel Macron, and has often focused criticism on his wife. Now, the Macrons are fighting back.
On Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron and his wife — Brigitte — filed a defamation lawsuit against the podcast host after Owens continually claimed that Macron’s first lady was born a man.
The complaint was filed in Delaware Superior Court. The dollar figure being sought by the Macrons was not made available.
An eight-part series produced by Candace Owens continually claimed that Brigitte Macron was born a man, then later stole the identity of another woman, before undergoing a transition surgery to become a woman.
“These claims are demonstrably false, and Owens knew they were false when she published them,” the lawsuit says. “Yet, she published them anyway. And the reason is clear: it is not the pursuit of truth, but the pursuit of fame.”
In a statement, the Macrons said they grew determined to launch the defamation lawsuit after Owens continued to share the comments after several requests by lawyers for the couple asked for retractions to be made.
“Ms. Owens’ campaign of defamation was plainly designed to harass and cause pain to us and our families and to garner attention and notoriety,” the attorneys said. “We gave her every opportunity to back away from these claims, but she refused. It is our earnest hope that this lawsuit will set the record straight and end this campaign of defamation once and for all.”
The lawyers added that they sent three separate demands for Candace Owens to retract her statements, with the final one sent on July 1st. When she failed to do so, the lawyers determined a defamation lawsuit was the best course of action.
Candace Owens has yet to publicly address the lawsuit. However, on her Tuesday show, she questioned if she was going to be the subject of a lawsuit after the author of a book that made similar accusations was also sued.
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