Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron have accused right-wing podcaster Candace Owens of doubling down on fake birth claims in order to boost her online following since they sued her for libel in the US.
The Macrons have added to their lawsuit, initially filed in July in Delaware, alleging that Owens has expanded on her fake claims that Brigitte, 72, was born a man.
Lawyers for the couple wrote: 'Since we filed this lawsuit, Ms Owens has only strengthened our case by doubling down on, and escalating, her knowingly false and defamatory rhetoric against the Macrons.
'She has continued to use her podcast to expand her lies about the Macrons, sell merchandise making fun of the Macrons, and collect donations based on her "reporting"'.
This month saw Owens release a new season of 'Becoming Brigitte', a series she started last year in which she makes the false claims of circumstances of the First Lady of France's birth.
