The Macrons are not about to let their case against the far-right media figure Candace Owens go and have now taken their lawsuit to her home turf.
In her home state of Tennessee, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a defamation suit against the far-right conspiracy theorist.
The couple filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Their lawyers argue the state is the right venue because Owens lives in Nashville and allegedly put out the material from there.
It is the newest turn in a long legal battle the couple has mounted after Owens made false claims that Brigitte is a transgender man. Last year, Owens released an 11-part series, Becoming Brigitte, which garnered millions of views, accusing the First Lady of France of secretly transitioning from a man to a woman.
The Macrons had initially brought a defamation suit in Delaware in July 2025 against Owens and her two media companies where they are registered. However, a court in that state last month limited the scope of the complaint to just the corporations under its jurisdiction.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Sheldon K. Rennie dismissed Owens herself from that case on Oct. 27, finding the court had no jurisdiction over her since she lives in Tennessee. Claims against Candace Owens LLC and GeorgeTom Inc. are still pending there.
Owens said at the time she was “in the absolute best mood” about the ruling. The Macrons’ lawyers at Clare Locke said they would look into other ways to hold her personally accountable.
On Monday, once the new filing from Nov. 4 showed up in the legal databases, a representative for the Macrons’ lawyers confirmed it is real, per Politico. In this 409-page document, the team has gone into what it calls the “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions” of Owens and put forward financial and ideological reasons for her work. “She has continued to use her podcast to expand her lies about the Macrons, sell merchandise making fun of the Macrons, and collect donations based on her ‘reporting’ on the Macrons,” the complaint reads.
The Macrons are seeking actual, presumed, and punitive damages, along with an order barring Owens from republishing any statements a court finds defamatory.
Owens is also facing two other defamation suits, filed in Tennessee and Utah, over her commentary on the killing of Charlie Kirk.
