Case Insights
1: French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron filed a 22-count defamation lawsuit in Delaware Superior Court against American podcaster Candace Owens, seeking punitive damages for what they describe as a “relentless and unjustified smear campaign.”
2: This marks an unprecedented legal battle where a sitting foreign president is pursuing defamation claims against an American citizen in U.S. courts for alleged false statements about his wife’s gender identity.
3: Delaware’s narrow anti-SLAPP statute offers limited protection compared to California’s broad law, potentially leaving Owens with fewer procedural defenses to quickly dismiss the case.
By Samuel Lopez – USA Herald
French President Emmanuel Macron has launched what legal experts are calling an unprecedented assault on American free speech rights by filing a massive defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Candace Owens in Delaware state court. The case, filed Wednesday, July 23, 2025, represents the first time in modern American legal history that a foreign head of state has pursued defamation claims against a U.S. citizen for exercising constitutionally protected speech rights.
