Overview

• Owens told Tucker Carlson that Trump personally rang her after Macron’s White House visit to demand she cease repeating the false claim that Brigitte Macron is transgender.
• Following a warning from an unnamed White House official, Owens agreed only to slow her coverage instead of abandoning the theory entirely.
• The Macrons filed a 219-page defamation suit in Delaware Superior Court in late July, accusing her of orchestrating a smear campaign against Brigitte Macron.
• The lawsuit remains in pre-discovery, poised to test the U.S. actual malice standard for foreign public figures.
• Earlier this month, Owens accepted a $300,000 bet to prove her theory, underscoring her continued defiance despite mounting legal threats.