Brigitte Macron will present ‘scientific evidence’ that she is a woman in her lawsuit

In July, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron filed a lawsuit against Candace Owens. You see, Owens is one of the prominent self-styled “transvestigators” in America, meaning she and other bigoted grifters publicly “accuse” famous/prominent women of being transgender. I don’t even know if Candace Owens originated the lie that Brigitte Macron was born a man, but Candace was one of the loudest voices screaming about it. Candace probably never thought the sitting French president would actually sue her. Well, she was wrong. The Macrons are going all in, and they’re fully prepared to see this through. Even if that means providing scientific evidence to the court that Brigitte is a biological, cisgender woman.

Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, are planning to present photographic and scientific evidence to a US court to prove Mrs Macron is a woman. Their lawyer says the French president and Mrs Macron will present the documentation in a defamation suit they have taken against the right-wing influencer Candace Owens after she promoted her belief that Brigitte Macron was born male. Ms Owens’ lawyers have responded with a motion to dismiss the claim.

Speaking to the BBC’s Fame Under Fire podcast, the Macrons’ lawyer in the case, Tom Clare, said Mrs Macron had found the claims “incredibly upsetting” and they were a “distraction” to the French president.

“I don’t want to suggest that it somehow has thrown him off his game. But just like anybody who is juggling a career and a family life as well, when your family is under attack, it wears on you. And he’s not immune from that because he’s the president of a country,” he said.

Mr Clare said there would be “expert testimony that will come out that will be scientific in nature” and while he would not reveal, at this stage, its exact nature, he said the couple were prepared to demonstrate fully “both generically and specifically” that the allegations are false.

“It is incredibly upsetting to think that you have to go and subject yourself, to put this type of proof forward,” he said. “It is a process that she will have to subject herself to in a very public way. But she’s willing to do it. She is firmly resolved to do what it takes to set the record straight. If that unpleasantness and that discomfort that she has of opening herself up in that way is what it takes to set a record straight and stop this, she’s 100% ready to meet that burden.”

When asked if the Macrons would be supplying pictures of Brigitte pregnant and raising her children, Mr Clare said they existed and would be presented in court where there are rules and standards.

Ms Owens, a former commentator for conservative US outlet Daily Wire who has millions of followers on social media, has repeatedly promoted her view that Brigitte Macron is a man. In March 2024, she claimed she would stake her “entire professional reputation” on the allegation.

[From BBC]

When the Macrons filed the lawsuit, I knew that Candace was screwed. It’s pretty obvious that there is be a mountain of “evidence” that Brigitte was born a woman and has identified as a woman for her entire life. I’m a big fan of public figures dragging these nutcases into court and destroying them. That’s what happened when the Sandy Hook families took Alex Jones to court as well – once you stand up to these losers, liars and morons, their whole world falls apart, as does their grift.

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36 Responses to “Brigitte Macron will present ‘scientific evidence’ that she is a woman in her lawsuit”

  1. Lala11_7 says:

    Ridiculous par for the deplorable course regarding a situation like this 😡

  2. Inge says:

    Absolutely disgusting that she has to do this

    • Jezz says:

      Absolutely. The whole thing is appalling and gross and it goes without saying she shouldn’t have to do this but I am kind of glad she is.
      I hope it discourages other from making such disgusting claims. But I also hope it doesn’t set a precedent for us HAVING TO PROVE our womanhood to any creep with a platform. Ugh.

      • Eleonor says:

        It’s humiliating, to say the least.
        But I am glad they are suing the hell out of this person.

      • DK says:

        I’m actually pretty concerned about this, because the whole thing seems like it just reifies transphobia?

        Because while I’m glad this will hopefully get Owens to stop bullying Macron (and maybe be more cautious before bullying others), I hate that the response is “Here’s scientific proof I’m a ‘real’ woman,” in which only women who were assigned female at birth, and/or have certain physiological/genetic/hormonal markers are real women.

        I wish instead the response were more along the lines of “All women are women, regardless of birth assignment, so STFU” or some other dismissal of the entire conversation.

        Feels Macron could have a sexual harassment case against Owens, for instance, because she should have a right to not have her genitalia discussed by Owens, repeatedly, on public platforms.

        But when it’s about proving “real” womanhood by expert testimony and sex assignment at birth, we reinforce the notion that transwomen are not women.

        And that’s exactly the kind of message Owens supports. So she kind of wins either way.

      • bisynaptic says:

        DK, good points. But also: the Right is asserting a prerogative to say: a man is what I say is a man; a woman is what I say is a woman. This case is refuting that claim. It’s important to push back, on that, as well.

    • Lau says:

      Absolutely horrendous that she is made to do this. I genuinely hope that they end up taking all of Owens’ money and that she’s forced to deplatform.

  3. sunnyside up says:

    This is ridiculous. Candace Owens needs to reflect on what sort of person she is.

  4. Vs says:

    When I think there are consumers out there for this kind of garbage, I realize how messed up this world is (or is getting to be).
    Candace is in for the grift! Yet there are people more than willing to believe her BS…. What a world! The internet is a general purpose technology but it has brought in its own ilks as with all inventions!

  5. SarahCS says:

    If I had the money, opportunity, and legal team I would absolutely go after people like this.

    Moving past the ‘so what???’ aspect of someone’s biology (and the scientific inaccuracy of the idea that biological gender is absolutely binary), if you’re going to lie with a view to hurting others you should be taken to task.

    The way the press have treated Harry and Meghan and his response to a lifetime of it is a big part of why I applaud their success and will support their endeavours where I can.

  6. Dee(2) says:

    This is absolutely disgusting. I understand why she’s doing it, but that we’ve gotten to the point where this is reasonable or even something that needs to be done is awful. And the thing is these people who are the audience for this sort of bigotry will never believe any evidence anyway. They will just move the goal posts as to why it doesn’t count, because they don’t like to be confronted with their bigotry.

    I’m glad that Candace is being sued though. I do understand that you can’t acknowledge every crackpot, but the more these people are proven wrong for grifting hopefully the easier it will be to use them as examples of why other grifters are likely lying.

  7. lola says:

    Owens was absolutely not the first one to make those allegations. They come from French conspiracy theorists. Some have even already been to trials, one won and one lost.
    French media is to blame as well for giving them a lot of air time, and some left wing newspapers are even now claiming that Brigitte Macron is a transphobe for wanting to prove that the allegations are false.

    • Nanny to the Rescue says:

      How did one manage to win? 😮

      • lola says:

        Basically, they argued hat they had spread the rumour in good faith, that they did believe that she was born a man when spreading it. French courts are known to be very laxists in general, it is not that surprising.
        She appealed the judgement tho.

  8. Sophia says:

    This is a gross story. Why is Candace so dead set on being right? I know she’s pretty delusional but is she really this delusional? She definitely has a lot of money, why risk losing it for such a stupid and obviously fake story?

    • Josephine says:

      Because she likely knows that she will not be the one paying the legal bills if the bills are paid at all. And in the meantime maybe she is hoping for a fox or political position by being as hateful and descructive as possible. Maybe you have to show that you have no morals at all and are willing to sink well beneath the sewer to snag one of those jobs.

  9. Brassy Rebel says:

    Seems like a DNA test would suffice, but whatever¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯. As for Candace Owens’ staking her entire professional reputation on her assertion… well, that shouldn’t take long.

  10. Mslove says:

    IMO, Candace Owens is a Heritage Foundation stooge. She thinks feminism is a precursor to transgenderism.

  11. RoRo says:

    Yep, and now she’s trying to make money off the Charlie Kirk m*rder to payroll this lawsuit. She is in panic mode.

  12. Ocho says:

    Photographic evidence? Ugh. Won’t that leak?

    If intrusive photographic evidence is required in legal cases like this, some victims will be hesitant to sue bc it’s so frickin intrusive and gross on top of an already intrusive and gross situation.

    • Nanny to the Rescue says:

      Could be just photos of her when she was pregnant?

    • Enis says:

      I read on the Guardian yesterday it would be things like pictures of her pregnant, baby pictures, childhood pictures – things that prove she has always identified as a woman.

      • Brassy Rebel says:

        As I said above, a simple DNA test with affidavits from the testing lab that it is hers should be sufficient. More definitive than photos of her while pregnant since photos can be manipulated in many ways.

  13. I hope they sue the pants off her when this is done

  14. Kitten says:

    It’s so fucking vile how obsessed these people are with other folks’ genitals. So perverted and sick.

  15. SIde Eye says:

    I am so happy the Macrons are suing the ever living you know what out of this professional troll. May she be left with nothing but her White Lives Matter shirt on her back and only crusty ass Yeezy in her contact list as White Supremacy turns its back on her. Apparently she is getting trolled online by racists who call her family an abomination.

    Owens is incredibly dangerous. She doesn’t just carry water for White Supremacy. She fuels it and fans flames. She gives racist a live prop to point to and say “see this Black person agrees with my bigotry” In fact the mass shooter in New Zealand has said he was directly influenced by Candance Owens. Numerous mass shooters have been influenced and indoctrinated by her.

    Imagine your entire legacy being death and destruction and for what a few dollars! What a vile person she is! Get wrecked Auntie Ruckus!

  16. Dorianne says:

    First, Candace Owens is a creep. Full stop! Second, why this creep is so preoccupied with another woman’s genitals and chromosomes eludes me. I agree with Susie Shirley. Nothing would please me more than to see Brigitte Macron receive a handsome settlement and Owens bankrupted.

    • Traveller says:

      These people are sick – just no other explanation.
      So glad people with means are doing something to take every one of these nutjobs down. They all need to be silenced and forced to crawl back under their rocks.

  17. GrnieWnie says:

    Big fan of this. So happy the Macrons made time for it. This garbage will continue until powerful people shut it down, and this is one such way to do so.

  18. bisynaptic says:

    I don’t understand what “photographic and scientific”evidence is necessary. All they have to do is provide her and her children’s birth certificates.

    I hope they take Owens to the cleaner’s.

  19. JJP says:

    I hope this will bankrupt Candice, what an awful thing to do to someone- regardless of whether or not it’s true…terrible to out people who don’t want to be outed. Go Brigitte, slap them with a lawsuit as hard as you slapped…nvm. lol

  20. Is that so says:

    I am glad the Macrons are not allowing the defamation suit to be dismissed

    Owens needs to lose, admits she was wrong for spreading dangerous lies and be fined into penury. If the suit had been dropped her followers can still advance the claim that Madame Macron is a man saying Owens only quit because she was outgunned financially .

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