So, on the lawsuit.
Candy-baby has filed a motion to dismiss, but not on the public figure/actual malice standard that is typical in a defamation lawsuit.
The first ground is procedural in that the lawsuit is in Delaware and is against her, her LLC and her husbands (or their) LLC. Both the LLCs are Delaware, so that's proper, but she's in Nashville. So it seems the court may lack personal jurisdiction over her.
Worst case, the Macrons have to maintain one suit in Delaware and one in Nashville.
But the potentially dispositive aspect of the motion is much more troubling. France has a three-month statute of limitations on defamation cases. That's three months from publication of the defamatory statement. A period long past.
This is a US lawsuit against a US defendant, but by French plaintiffs. Pretty arguably, French law applies, including limitations, so this whole suit is probably going bye-bye.
God dammit.