The President of France and his wife have filed a defamation of character lawsuit against far right podcaster, Candace Owens, for repeatedly claiming the the French First Lady was born a man...
From The Daily Mail
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte today filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens over the US commentator's 'preposterous' claim that the French First Lady was born a man.
The Macrons filed a 218-page lawsuit in Delaware on Wednesday, accusing the right-wing podcaster of publishing 'outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions' that fuelled a lie-filled 'campaign of global humiliation' and 'relentless bullying'.
Owens attacked Ms Macron, 72, in a now-deleted YouTube video posted in March last year, propagating the false claim that she is a biological man.
The American commentator said she based her allegations on a 'thorough investigation' by French blogger Natacha Rey, who is also being sued by the Macrons in a separate claim in France.
Mr and Ms Macron said in a statement: 'Because Ms Owens systematically reaffirmed these falsehoods in response to each of our attorneys' repeated requests for a retraction, we ultimately concluded that referring the matter to a court of law was the only remaining avenue for remedy.
'Ms Owens' campaign of defamation was plainly designed to harass and cause pain to us and our families and to garner attention and notoriety. We gave her every opportunity to back away from these claims, but she refused.
'It is our earnest hope that this lawsuit will set the record straight and end this campaign of defamation once and for all.'
The 22-count complaint seeks an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages.
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