This is about the right-wing influencer Candace Owens, who regularly spread claims that Brigitte Macron was born as a man.
To put a stop to such rumor spreading, the presidential couple has sued Owens in court in the USA. They are now preparing "expert testimony that will be scientific in nature", says their lawyer Tom Clare.
It is extremely disturbing to think that one has to expose oneself to present such evidence, he says to BBC.
But she is willing to do it. She is determined to do what is required.
It may, for example, involve photo documentation from when she was pregnant. The presidential couple has no common children, but Brigitte has several children from a previous marriage.
The origin of the rumors about Brigitte Macron is not entirely clear, but Owens picked them up when they had been circulating for a long time on social media. Even in France, legal proceedings are underway regarding the information.
This is nonsense, said Emmanuel Macron in an interview recently, and added about Owens:
It is someone who was fully aware that she used false information, and did it with the intention of harming, in accordance with an ideology and with clear ties to far-right leaders.
