Overview

• On July 23, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a defamation suit in Delaware Superior Court alleging Owens spread false claims that Brigitte Macron is transgender to drive traffic to her platform.
• Macrons’ lawyer Tom Clare said the couple warned Owens repeatedly over nearly a year to stop making the accusations before resorting to legal action.
• Owens responded on her YouTube channel by calling the lawsuit a public relations ploy, mocking Brigitte Macron’s identity and pledging to defend her statements in court.
• The complaint demands unspecified punitive damages under U.S. libel standards as the Macrons pursue a parallel appeal in France’s Court de Cassation after a Paris appeals court overturned their earlier ruling.
• Prominent commentators, including CNN’s Harry Enten, have denounced Owens’s allegations as unfounded, highlighting tensions between American free speech protections and stricter foreign defamation laws.