France’s first lady, Brigitte Macron, plans to present photographic and scientific evidence to a U.S. court in a bid to battle conspiracies suggesting she was actually born male.

The documentation is meant to bolster a defamation lawsuit filed by both Brigitte and her husband, French President Emmanuel Macron, against right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who has for years publicly questioned the first lady’s gender identity. The couple has said she “disregarded all credible evidence disproving her claim in favor of platforming known conspiracy theorists and proven defamers.”

The Macrons’ attorney, Tom Clare, speaking with the BBC’s “Fame Under Fire” podcast, said they are prepared to demonstrate fully “both generically and specifically” that the allegations spread by Owens are false.

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