Overview

• Candace Owens said Monday she will seek Brigitte Macron’s medical records and demand an independent medical examination if the case reaches discovery.
• The Macrons’ lawyer, Tom Clare, said they intend to present photographic material and scientific expert testimony to demonstrate the claims are false.
• The couple filed a 218-page defamation suit in Delaware on July 23 seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages over what they call a campaign of global humiliation.
• Owens’ legal team has moved to dismiss, arguing the case does not belong in Delaware and that defending it there would impose substantial financial and operational hardship.
• The theory at issue traces to a 2021 far-right publication and French bloggers; an initial French defamation win for the Macrons in 2024 was overturned on appeal this year and is now being challenged.