# Delaware judge shields Candace Owens from personal liability in Macron defamation case

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brigitte-macrons-defamation-lawsuit-against-candace-owens-over-ludicrous-transgender-claim-suffers-first-legal-defeat/
- Published: 2026-10-28T11:51:02+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T12:08:10+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16245255/Brigitte-Macron-defamation-lawsuit-Candace-Owens-transgender-claim-legal-defeat.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Owens cannot currently be sued personally in Delaware.
- The case against two companies linked to her can proceed.
- The judge is still considering issues involving French law.

## Summary

A Delaware judge has ruled that Candace Owens cannot be sued personally in the defamation case brought by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte. The case can continue against two Delaware-registered companies linked to Owens, but any eventual judgment against them could not be assigned to her, potentially protecting her personal assets.

The Macrons filed the lawsuit in July last year, alleging Owens used false claims about Brigitte Macron to attract attention and make money. These included the unfounded assertion that she was born male, under her brother’s name, and claims about the couple’s marriage and family. The judge has postponed ruling on Owens’s request to dismiss the wider case while seeking further arguments about how French defamation law and limitation periods apply in the US. Separately, a French court found ten people guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron over similar claims.

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