Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron plan to present “scientific” evidence and photos to prove that France’s First Lady is indeed a woman, as their lawyer in a US lawsuit confirmed on Friday.
Attorney Tom Clare announced that the Macrons would provide testimony in their lawsuit against American conservative commentator Candace Owens, who is accused of promoting online rumors questioning the gender of the French president’s wife.
“Expert testimony will be presented, scientific in nature, to demonstrate the falsity of these claims,” Clare stated in a BBC interview.
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Clare’s remarks on the “Fame Under Fire” podcast were verified by his law firm’s spokespersons to AFP.
Rumors regarding Brigitte Macron’s gender have circulated in France for years. This lawsuit against Owens emerges as President Macron faces low popularity ratings and governmental challenges.
Clare noted that while he couldn’t disclose specifics about the expert testimony strategy, they were ready to prove that Owens, a widely followed social media influencer, spread false information about the French First Lady.
The Macrons’ lawyer emphasized that the burden of proof in this defamation case rests with the plaintiffs.
The lawsuit, filed in Delaware in July, also aims to present photos of Brigitte Macron with her children or while pregnant, Clare revealed.
“These falsehoods are like a cancer,” he stated. “They spread to mainstream media.”
Due to Owens’ large audience, he added, “people listen to her.”
On Thursday, Owens dismissed the Macrons’ claims as “verifiably false” on her X channel.
“She [Brigitte Macron] isn’t suing me for calling her a man. She has never sued anyone for calling her a man. Because she is one,” Owens wrote.
Brigitte Macron, 72, has also pursued legal action in France to refute claims of being born a man.
In September 2024, two women were convicted of spreading false claims after a YouTube video in December 2021 alleged Brigitte Macron was once a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux, her brother.
The Paris appeals court overturned the ruling against Natacha Rey and Amandine Roy, leading Macron to appeal to the highest court, the Court de Cassation, earlier in July.
