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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alex Woodward

Candace Owens ‘doubled down’ on ‘smear campaign’ of gender lies against French president’s wife, new lawsuit says

Candace Owens faces a renewed defamation lawsuit from French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron after the far-right podcast host “unequivocally doubled down” on her “outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions” accusing Brigitte of being transgender.

A massive 250-page complaint in Delaware state court was filed just two months after the Macrons filed an initial lawsuit accusing Owens of a “relentless and unjustified smear campaign” across her platforms, including in an eight-part podcast and on social media — all designed to feed a “frenzied fan base” in “pursuit of fame.”

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