US judge rules the Macrons cannot sue Candace Owens personally but lets their case against her companies continue

Candace Owens, whose podcast amplified claims that Brigitte Macron was born male, cannot be personally sued by France's first lady after a Delaware judge narrowed the case.

Emmanuel Macron, whose lawsuit against Candace Owens's two Delaware-registered companies was allowed to continue by a judge who ruled his court lacks jurisdiction over her personally.

A Delaware judge has ruled that Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron cannot personally sue right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, finding his court lacks jurisdiction over her because she lives in Tennessee. Their lawsuit can continue against her two Delaware-registered companies, Candace Owens LLC and Georgetom Inc., with the judge deferring a final ruling on dismissal pending further argument on French defamation law.

The Macrons sued Owens in July, accusing her of a lie-filled 'campaign of global humiliation', including the claim that Brigitte was born a man named Jean-Michel Trogneux.

Owens called the case 'one of the grossest legal overreaches by a foreign government leader in human history' in a social media post after the ruling.

The judge has yet to rule on whether French defamation law and statutes of limitation will ultimately allow the companies case to survive.

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