“We gave her every opportunity to back away from these claims, but she refused,” the Macrons said in a statement.

Owens said Brigitte Macron "is definitely a man," and called the Macrons’ lawsuit a public relations strategy.

The lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court alleges Owens has broadcast “a relentless year-long campaign of defamation against the Macrons” according to a statement from Tom Clare, the Macrons’ lawye...