Overview

• Attorney Tom Clare told the BBC the couple is prepared to provide expert testimony and personal documentation, including photographs, to establish that Brigitte Macron was born female.
• The filing in Delaware outlines a 218-page, 22-count complaint accusing Candace Owens of a global campaign of falsehoods to promote her media platform.
• Owens’ legal team has moved to dismiss the case, arguing Delaware is an improper forum and that defending there would impose significant burdens.
• The Macrons signal willingness to testify publicly in the U.S. proceeding after calling the claims deeply upsetting and a distraction for the French president.
• The dispute follows earlier French litigation in which a 2024 defamation verdict against two bloggers was overturned on appeal in 2025, with further challenges underway.