The president of France, Emmanuel Macronand his wife Brigitte They have presented on Wednesday a Demand demand In the United States against American ultra -right influencer Candace Owens for spreading the conspiracy theory of that the French first lady is a transsexual woman.
The complaint has been filed before a court of Delaware and claims an amount not specified by damage to compensation and punitive after Owens, which, which It has 5.6 million followers on Instagramhe has defended that Brigitte was born as Jean-Michel Trogneux, which is actually the name of his brother.
The ultra -rightist influencer – known for spreading conspiracy theories as the denial of the Holocaust or that man never reached the moon – began publishing in January 2025 a podcast called ‘Becoming Brigitte’ in which he pours this type of accusations. The first introductory chapter has about 4.5 million visualizations.
According to the 219 pages document, Owens began to promote the theory that he stole his brother’s identity and is committing incest in his marriage to Macron in 2024. The influencer has even reached t -shirts with Brigitte’s face and the slogan “man of the year” under his photograph, as he has collected politician.
The first lady has been the recurring object of this type of bulos since the rise of her husband to the French presidency in 2017. In fact, Two women were already convicted of paying fines and compensation for disseminating false information about which man was born.
