French President to present photographic, scientific evidence to prove his wife is a ‘woman’ in defamation case

French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to submit “photographic and scientific evidence” to a US court to prove that his wife Brigitte Macron is a ‘woman’, BBC has reported.

This evidence would be part of the ongoing defamation suit filed by Macron against American right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who allegedly said that Briggitte was born male.

The BBC reported that Macron’s lawyer Tom Clare, spoke at the Fame Under Fire podcast that the claims were “incredibly upsetting” for the French First Lady and a ‘distraction’ to the 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,” Clare told the BBC.

He stated that “expert testimony of a scientific nature will be presented”. The Macrons, he added, were prepared to demonstrate “both generally and in detail” that the allegations are unfounded. He further noted that photographs of Brigitte during her pregnancy and while raising the child exist and will be submitted in court.

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

According to the BBC, the Macrons initially won a defamation case in France against Roy and Rey in 2024, but that ruling was overturned on appeal in 2025 on freedom of expression grounds, not on the basis of truth. The Macrons are appealing the decision.

However, in July, the Macrons filed a lawsuit against Owens in the US, which alleged she “disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favour of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers”.