By Jonathan Stempel and Michel Rose (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S. on Wednesday against right-wing influencer and podcaster Candace Owens,

Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron — no strangers to controversy given their 25-year age gap — say Owens defamed them by weaving

The suit seeks damages after the podcaster claimed Brigitte Macron is a man. The French president and his wife said the statement caused “pain to us and our families.”