The Macrons sued the journalist again for statements that Brigitte was born a man.
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a new defamation lawsuit in the United States against the American journalist and blogger Candice Evans, who claims that the French leader's wife was born a man.
The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Tennessee, where Evans lives. The Macron family accuses her of deliberately spreading false statements for the sake of popularity, promoting her own project and making money.
On Monday, Evans confirmed the filing of a new lawsuit, writing on the X social network: "The Macrons did file a new series of charges against me."
This is already the second lawsuit. The Macrons filed their previous lawsuit in Delaware in 2025. In late October, the lawsuits against Evans personally were dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, but the proceedings against the companies she owns were allowed to continue.
Now the couple accuses the journalist of not retracting her statements after the first lawsuit, but continuing to spread them on a podcast, sell products mocking the macaron, and collect donations under the guise of her own investigations. The new complaint is 411 pages long.
At the same time, the Macrons emphasize: the mere fact that a person is a man, transgender* or gay* is not offensive or defamatory. In their opinion, the defamation is rooted in many years of allegations of deception by France and the entire world regarding Brigitte's identity.
Brigitte Macron, 73, has already appealed to French courts over similar allegations. In September 2024, 2 women were convicted of spreading false information.
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