French President and Wife File Personal Defamation Lawsuit Against Candace Owens in Tennessee

Ground ^ | 11/10/2026

[Responsibility2nd]

• French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron filed a personal federal defamation lawsuit against podcaster Candace Owens in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
• The fresh filing comes on the heels of an October 27 ruling by a Delaware superior court judge, who dismissed personal claims against Owens in an earlier July 2025 lawsuit due to a lack of personal jurisdiction, ruling that the court only had authority over her registered business entities.
• The sprawling 409-page complaint accuses Owens of repeatedly publishing defamatory claims regarding Brigitte Macron's identity and the couple's marital history, noting that she continued and expanded upon the allegations even after the initial litigation was launched.
• Legal representatives for the Macrons argue that Tennessee is the appropriate venue because Owens resides in Nashville and allegedly produced and disseminated the contested material from within the state.
• The couple is demanding a jury trial alongside actual, presumed, and punitive damages, as well as a permanent injunction barring Owens from republishing statements deemed defamatory by the court.

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KEYWORDS: brigittemacron; candaceowens; emmanuelmacron

[Responsibility2nd]

Candace hasn't been especially nice to the Macrons, has she?

I have no dog in this fight, but I wonder... who should prevail?

[BenLurkin]

What did Owens say?

That Brigette molested Macron as a schoolboy, and that Macron was such a cuck he even went so far as to marry her?

[Responsibility2nd]

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[DesertRhino]

Strong effect time. That was almost forgotten down the memory hole. So let’s have a made for TV public trial lasting a year about whether Macron married a tranny 24 years older.

[escapefromboston]

Good Luck to the Frenchies

[Melinda in TN]

Candice Owens is no longer a true Conservative, IMO. She has been trolling Erica Kirk and has jumped on the same crazy train as Tucker Carlson.

[DesertRhino]

Streisand effect time. They brought extra attention to it.

[PGR88]

We’re going to need visual proof, Brigitte

[abigkahuna]

Could she not claim its all been satire? Under US Freedom of Speech cases, I wonder if Macron have any defamation case considering they are public figures.

Candance could be sued in France I suppose if she ever set foot there, but here in the US, it is something else entirely.

Although look at the wife of the French president—she does look a bit “masculine” does she not? Will she have to bear her breasts in court to prove she is a woman? But then again, if gender is fluid here in the US, then whatever Candance deems Macron to be at any time of the day is what is the truth?

So confusing indeed.

[Vesuvian]

Don’t worry! Candace will bring the receipts any year now!

[FamiliarFace]

Owens, Carlson, MTG, Massie, et al. are in it for the clicks. Brings them viewers. It’s all about the Benjamins for them. That’s it. I have them on ignore.

[escapefromboston]

I never bought into her being a conservative she just saw the conservative audience as easier to get with her shtick.