French first lady Brigitte plans to present “photographic and scientific evidence” to prove that she is not a transgender woman after suing Candace Owens for defamation in July.
Candace stands by her allegations that Brigitte Marcon was assigned male at birth, named Jean-Michel Trogneux, and had “groomed” a teenage Emmanuel Macron before transitioning to female at the age of 30.
The Macrons’ lawyer, Tom Clare, told the BBC’s Fame Under Fire podcast that Macron had found the claims “incredibly upsetting” and persistent rumors his wife was born male were a “distraction” to the French president.
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“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,” Mr Clare said, adding, “and he’s not immune from that because he’s the president of a country.
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He said that the “expert testimony that will come out, that will be scientific in nature.” Mr Clare did not reveal the “exact nature” of the testimony, but said that the couple was “prepared to demonstrate fully, both generically and specifically,” that the transgender allegations were false.
Speaking about the Macrons, Mr Clare said, “These folks are obviously important on the world stage, but they’re also human beings, and it’s offensive and hurtful to them to be accused of effectively criminal acts and conspiring to lie to the world about their identities.”
“It is incredibly upsetting to think that you have to go and subject yourself to put this type of proof forward,” he said.
The 72-year-old Brigitte Macron, a mother of three, met her husband, who is 24 years younger than her, while teaching at a high school in Amiens, a city in northern France, where the then future president was her underage student.
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, 36, who has over six million followers on Instagram, has repeatedly claimed that the First Lady of France is a transgender woman and “was born male.” In March 2024, she claimed she would stake her “entire professional reputation” on the allegation.
The allegation originated in the French independent media years earlier, through a 2021 YouTube video by French investigators Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey.
The Macrons initially won a defamation case in France against Roy and Rey in 2024, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2025.
