EPAFrench President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Briguit have filed a defamation suit against right -wing affected Candes Owens, claiming that France’s first female man was born.
The suit filed on Wednesday in the US State of Delaware said that Owens “Outlandish, defamation and distant stories” are spreading.
Owens regularly reiterated claims on its popular podcast and social media channels, and in March 2024 stated that she would stake her “full professional reputation” at her belief that Mrs. Macron is actually a man “.
The BBC approached Owens for comment.
A conspiracy theory that has been aired in the fringe online space for years, alleging that Mrs. Macron was born under the name Jean-Michel Trognex, which belongs to her brother.
Owens has spread the principle of conspiracy to its big audiences, including about 7 meters of followers on X. Earlier this year, he released a video series called Viting Briguits.
Macron said in a statement issued by his lawyers that he repeatedly asked Owens for a comeback, but “eventually concluded that the case referred to the law to reference to court was the only remaining avenue for measures”.
The statement said that Ms. Owens’ defamation campaign was clearly designed to harass and our families and our families were designed for meditation and notorious. “We gave him every chance to back down from these claims, but he refused.”
The suit alleges that Owens “disregarded all reliable evidences, which rejected his claim in favor of known conspiracy theorists and perfect defaments.”
It also accuses Owens of making false accusations on the French President and his wife is a blood relative and Emmanuel Macron was installed in the office by a secret CIA plot.
Owens worked for conservative organizations including student group turning points and media outlet Daily Wire before launching its independent podcast in 2024.
Getty imagesHe has since spreading rumors or suggested that conspiracies lie behind things like covid vaccines, holocaust and moon landing.
The lawsuit is also the name of companies with his delaware-facilities and asks for unspecified damage.
Under the American law, Macron would have to prove “real malicious” – which means that the defendant knew that the information was false, but it was published or broadcast anyway.
According to the AFP news agency, a French court found two women guilty of complaints to spread false claims about Brigit Macron, although the decision was overturned on the appeal earlier this month.
Owens is married to George Kisan, a British-American entrepreneur and son of Baron Michael Farmer, House of Lords Peer and Treasurer of the former Conservative Party, who has removed himself from some of Owens’ views.
