Macrons sue over claim France’s first lady was born male
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🗓️ 24 July 2025
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte have filed a US defamation lawsuit against an influencer and podcaster who has said France’s first lady “is in fact a man.” If the Macrons had remained silent, their decision not to defend themselves could be interpreted as a lack of defense, but choosing not to hold their accuser accountable could only embolden and escalate such accusations. This is the conundrum of digital media. The good news is that this issue leads to news that is good in a new way today.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to Denison Forum's daily article podcast. It's Thursday, |
| 0:12.2 | July 24, 2025. I'm Connor Jones, co-host of the Culture Brief podcast here at Denison Forum, |
| 0:18.3 | filling in for Chris Elkins and narrating today's daily article authored by our co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison Forum, filling in for Chris Elkins and narrating today's daily article |
| 0:21.1 | authored by our co-founder and CEO Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:26.1 | French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Bridget have filed a U.S. defamation lawsuit |
| 0:31.0 | against an influencer and podcaster who has said France's first lady, quote, is in fact a man, end quote. |
| 0:38.9 | The 218-page lawsuit filed in Delaware yesterday accuses Candace Owens of publishing, |
| 0:44.9 | quote, outlandish, defamatory, and far-fetched fictions, end quote. |
| 0:49.9 | Among them is the claim that Bridget McCrone was born male under the name Jean-Michael Tregnot. |
| 0:55.8 | According to the court filing, Owens has also said that the French president and his wife are blood relatives |
| 1:00.7 | and that Emmanuel Macron is a product of a CIA human experiment or a, quote, |
| 1:06.9 | similar government mind control program. |
| 1:09.9 | People have viewed Owen's series becoming |
| 1:11.7 | Bridget more than 2.3 million times on YouTube. I, however, am not one of them. Prior to seeing |
| 1:18.4 | the story, I had no idea about these allegations. Now, because of the McCrone's lawsuit, |
| 1:23.3 | I know about Owens and her assertions on a level I assume the McCrone's would wish I did not. |
| 1:28.6 | If they remain silent, however, their decision not to defend themselves could be interpreted |
| 1:32.6 | as a lack of defense. In choosing not to hold their accuser accountable could only emboldened |
| 1:37.3 | and escalate such accusations. This is the conundrum of digital media. The good news is that this |
| 1:43.6 | issue leads to news that |
| 1:44.9 | is good in a new way today. I am old enough to remember when publishing any content required |
| 1:49.5 | a publisher who would employ fact checkers and editors before publication. Years ago, for example, |
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