Macrons sue far-right podcaster Candace Owens personally in Tennessee

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens in the far-right podcaster’s home state of Tennessee.

The fresh legal move is the latest development in a sprawling legal case brought by the Macrons after the podcaster falsely claimed in multiple episodes of her podcast “Candace” that Brigitte is a transgender woman.

The French presidential couple first filed a defamation lawsuit against Owens and her two media companies in July 2025 in Delaware, where her businesses are registered. But a Delaware court last month narrowed that complaint, ruling that it only had jurisdiction over Owens’ corporations in the state.

A representative for the Macrons’ legal team confirmed the Tennessee complaint was authentic on Monday after it appeared on legal databases, where it is dated Nov. 4.

“Mrs. Owens was adamant that Tennessee is where this case belongs because it’s where she lives,” a representative for the Macrons’ legal team said. “With this filing, we are giving her exactly what she has repeatedly demanded.”

In the new complaint, the Macrons’ legal team further documented what they describe as “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions” published by Owens. The 409-page-long document alleges there are financial and ideological motives behind Owens’ work.

“She has continued to use her podcast to expand her lies about the Macrons, sell merchandise making fun of the Macrons, and collect donations based on her ‘reporting’ on the Macrons,” the complaint reads.

A representative for Candace Owens didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.