Brigitte Macron will provide 'scientific and photographic evidence' she is a woman to US court, her lawyer reveals
Emmanuel and
Brigitte Macron are planning to present photographic evidence to a US court to prove that she is a woman.
Their lawyer said that the
French president and his wife will present evidence to support their defamation lawsuit against American right-wing influencer
Candace Owens, who promoted claims that Mrs Macron was born a man.
Tom Clare, the Macrons' lead counsel in the case,
told the
BBC's Fame Under Fire podcast that his clients were willing to demonstrate 'generically and specifically' that the allegations were false.
He said there would be 'expert testimony that will come out that will be scientific in nature', without revealing specifics.
Asked whether the Macrons would be sharing photographs of Mrs Macron pregnant and raising her children, he said they would be presented in court where there are rules and standards, the BBC reports.
The Macrons, he said, have found the claims aired by Owens 'extremely upsetting'.
Mr Clare said that it would be a process Mrs Macron 'will have to subject herself to in a very public way', but said she was willing in order to 'do what it takes to set the record straight'.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive for a meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, as part of their three-day state visit to the United Kingdom, July 9
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Conservative political commentator Candace Owens speaks during an event held by national conservative political movement 'Turning Point', in Detroit, Michigan, June 14, 2024
Owens took to social media in March 2024 to announce she was 'waging her entire professional reputation' on the theory that the French first lady was born Jean-Michel Trogneux - the actual name of her older brother - before transitioning aged 30.
The conspiracy theory alleges that Brigitte did not give birth to any of her three children, and that her first husband, a 69-year-old retired banker said to have died a recluse in 2020, never existed.
The couple launched their defamation suit in July, accusing the influencer of propagating 'outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions'.
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