American conservative commentator Candace Owens has been accused by French President Macron and his wife, Brigitte, of attempting to boost her online presence and cash in by continued public questioning of Mrs Macron’s sexuality.
The Times reports the couple have updated their legal action, brought in July, to describe the way Owens has expanded on her unstinting assertion Mrs Macron, 72, was born male. Their lawyers wrote:
Since we filed this lawsuit, Ms Owens has only strengthened our case by doubling down on, and escalating, her knowingly false and defamatory rhetoric against the Macrons.
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’.
The Times details Owens, 36, has just this this month launched a new season of Becoming Brigitte, a series she started last year, and has “gone so far as to suggest that the Macrons are involved in an alleged conspiracy to distract Owens from investigating Charlie Kirk’s assassination,” the amended lawsuit adds.
“Owens’s fan base has grown to 7.2 million followers on X and 5.21 million subscribers on YouTube,” the lawyers wrote. “The most popular podcasts in the world have discussed her ‘investigation’ into the Macrons’ history.”
President Macron and his wife launched a 218-page defamation lawsuit against Owens through a Delaware court after she alleged the First Lady was born male.