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Brigitte Macron to Submit Pregnancy Photos in U.S. Lawsuit Against Candace Owens

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French First Lady Brigitte Macron is preparing to submit photographic evidence to a U.S. court to prove she is biologically female, as part of a high-profile defamation lawsuit filed against conservative commentator Candace Owens.

The lawsuit, filed in July in the state of Delaware by both Brigitte and President Emmanuel Macron, accuses Owens of spreading “malicious falsehoods” — including baseless claims that Mrs. Macron is secretly a transgender woman. The suit also targets statements alleging that President Macron was a victim of CIA mind control experiments and that he was “statutorily raped” by his now-wife during their early relationship — another unfounded assertion the couple seeks to debunk.

Speaking on the BBC’s Fame Under Fire podcast, attorney Tom Clare, who represents the Macrons, said the false claims have caused “substantial reputational damage” and were deeply distressing for both the President and the First Lady.

“These rumors are incredibly upsetting to Mrs. Macron and a serious distraction for the President,” Clare said. “When your family is under attack, it wears on you. And he’s not immune from that because he’s the president of a country.”

In response to a question about whether the Macrons would present evidence of Mrs. Macron’s pregnancies and role as a mother, Clare confirmed such documentation exists and would be submitted under the court’s evidentiary rules.

“This is a court of law, not a social media platform,” Clare said. “There are rules, and the evidence will speak for itself.”

The decision to move forward with photographic proof — reportedly including images of Brigitte Macron during pregnancy and family life — underscores the seriousness with which the French First Family is treating the ongoing rumors. The lawsuit also seeks to draw a clear line between freedom of expression and defamation.

The conspiracy theory suggesting Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman originated on fringe French blogs before being amplified by figures like Owens in English-speaking media spaces. President Macron first publicly addressed the issue in 2023.

Owens, known for her controversial commentary and high-profile feuds, has not publicly responded to the lawsuit at the time of writing.

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Why Candace Owens Has the Upper Hand — After the Macrons Sued Her for Claiming France’s First Lady Was Born a Man

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The lawsuit brought by President Macron and his wife, Brigitte, against an American podcaster, Candace Owens, marks an extraordinary appearance by the president of the Fifth Republic in America’s legal system.

Monsieur Macron, though, could have an uphill climb in his effort to hold Ms. Owens accountable for claiming his wife was born a man, and is also Mr. Macron’s father. The lawsuit, docketed at Delaware superior court, alleges that Ms. Owens pursued “a relentless year-long campaign of defamation against the Macrons.”

In March, Ms. Owens broadcast a video titled “Is France’s First Lady a Man?” She has regularly surfaced the issue to her 4.5 million followers on YouTube. She has broadcast a multi-part series titled “Becoming Brigitte.” She is also selling merchandise related to the podcast — a T-shirt portraying Ms. Macron as Time magazine’s “Man of the Year.”

To win their suit, though, the Macrons will have to prove a lot more than just the basic fact that Ms. Macron was born female, which could presumably be resolved by a simple medical examination. The Macrons must clear the high bar of American defamation law — notwithstanding Ms. Owens’s contention that the Macrons are “blood relatives committing incest” and that Mr. Macron was elected via a “mind-control” experiment spearheaded by the CIA.

The Supreme Court, in New York Times Co. V. Sullivan, held that for a plaintiff who is a public figure to land a verdict for defamation, he or she has to prove “actual malice.” That means that the defendant knowingly lied with respect to the claims at issue or acted with a “reckless disregard” for the truth of those claims. This means that the burden rests on the Macrons to prove that Ms. Owens either does not believe her own statements about Mrs. Macron or that she was exceedingly reckless. (Read more from “Why Candace Owens Has the Upper Hand — After the Macrons Sued Her for Claiming France’s First Lady Was Born a Man” HERE)

France Will Recognize ‘Palestinian State’; Israel Slaps Back

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French President Emmanuel Macron surrendered to the pressures of Islamist and anti-Israel forces on Thursday, announcing that he would recognize the fictitious “State of Palestine” in September.

Macron’s decision is a significant break with the United States, and drew accusations from Israel of supporting terrorism.

One Israeli government minister, Amichai Chikli, who used to live in France, responded by posting a video of Macron being slapped by his wife.

Other responses were fast and furious, including from former Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, who accused France of “moral collapse”:

(Read more from “France Will Recognize ‘Palestinian State’; Israel Slaps Back” HERE)

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Women Who Claimed Brigitte Macron Was a Man Are Cleared of Defamation

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Two women who made false claims that Brigitte Macron was born a man were cleared of defamation charges on Thursday.

The theory peddled by Natacha Rey, a self-described journalist, and Amandine Roy, a clairvoyant, has become fodder for American conspiracy theorists.

The French first lady and her brother, Jean-Michel Trogneux, brought charges against the women last year.

Ms Rey and Ms Roy were found guilty of defamation in September and ordered to pay 8,000 euros (£6,900) in damages to Mrs Macron and 5,000 euros (£4,300) to her brother.

However, on Thursday the Paris court of appeal overturned the conviction as they said the 18 pieces of video called into question by Mrs Macron’s lawyers did not constitute defamation but fell in line with good faith and free speech. (Read more from “Women Who Claimed Brigitte Macron Was a Man Are Cleared of Defamation” HERE)

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WATCH: French President Shoved by Wife in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera

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By TMZ. President Emmanuel Macron waved off the face shove his wife gave him earlier with a statement to reporters saying, “We are bickering and joking with my wife and a video becomes a sort of geoplanetary catastrophe,” Macron says.

He continued … “In the world we live in, we don’t have a lot of time to lose … This is all a bit of nonsense.”

Those French have a temper … even at the highest level, because the country Prez got smacked right in the noggin by his wife, and it’s become something of a scandal.

Macron and his wife Brigitte were about to deplane Sunday after landing in Vietnam, and you see as plain as day, Macron taking a hard one to the face.

Brigitte isn’t fully seen by the AP photog as her arms appear and she puts her hands on her hubby.

Macron appears rattled but quickly regains his composure and pivots with a wave to folks outside the aircraft. (Read more from “French President Macron Now That’s a Slap in the Face!!! HERE)

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French President Macron Shoved by Wife Brigitte in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera

By Page Six. Brigitte Macron, the first lady of France, was seen shoving her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, in a shocking video that has since gone viral.

The moment was captured on camera Sunday evening when the couple was landing in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, for a state visit. . .

A source close to Macron also downplayed the matter to the Agence France-Presse, a French international news agency headquartered in Paris.

“It was a moment when the president and his wife were decompressing one last time before the start of the trip by joking around,” the insider told the outlet.

“It’s a moment of togetherness. No more was needed to feed the mills of the conspiracy theorists.”

The Macrons have been married since 2007. However, their relationship has been heavily scrutinized due to Brigitte meeting the president when he was only 15 while she was his drama teacher. (Read more from “French President Macron Shoved by Wife Brigitte in Shocking Scuffle Caught on Camera” HERE)

Paris Issues Denial of Macron Cocaine Bag on Ukraine Train

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President Emmanuel Macron’s office decried “disinformation” after footage showed him self-consciously snatching a small white object from a conference table while sitting with Britain’s Sir Keir Starmer and Germany’s Friedrich Merz.

The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany made a then-secret trip to Ukraine on Friday evening for joint events on Saturday, travelling from Poland to Kyiv by overnight train provided by the Ukrainian government. In the now-familiar travelling conference room used by dozens of world leaders on their trips to Ukraine during wartime while air warfare makes executive jet travel impossible, the three men met for a brief photo-call with their attendant journalists.

After these images and the trip were made public, footage of President Macron himself sitting at the head of the conference table before noticing a small white object on the table and snatching it to his pocket spread on social media along with claims that it had, in fact, been a bag of cocaine.

The assertion gained sufficient traction that the Élysée palace itself, the private office and residence of the French President, felt forced to deny the claims. Sharing high-resolution images of the interior of the railway carriage, the palace said, with apparent contempt: “this is a tissue. For blowing your nose”. (Read more from “Paris Issues Denial of Macron Cocaine Bag on Ukraine Train” HERE)