Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a new defamation complaint against Candace Owens in a federal court in Tennessee on 4 November, directly naming the American influencer. The move creates a new procedural route after their earlier Delaware action was restricted at the end of October.
Franceinfo reports that the Delaware judge found Owens could not be held personally liable in that case because the claim was time-barred, while allowing proceedings against her companies to continue. The Tennessee filing, in Owens’s state of residence, is directed at her personally.
The Macrons allege that Owens spread and exploited the false claim that Brigitte Macron is transgender. Their complaint also alleges that she continued to amplify the claim after the initial lawsuit in summer 2025, for the alleged purpose of promoting her platform, building attention and making money. Those are allegations by the claimants, not a court ruling.
Changing venue does not resolve the dispute. But it shows the couple’s more targeted legal objective: to pursue Owens’s personal responsibility after the barrier they encountered in Delaware. It is a procedural escalation in their effort to answer what they describe as an internationally humiliating campaign.
Franceinfo did not report a response from Owens, the amount of any damages sought, or a hearing timetable. The new filing is nevertheless a concrete development: the dispute is no longer confined to the Delaware proceedings that remain against her companies.
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- franceinfo Tous titres · Source date: 2026-11-10
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