Have any plaintiffs won damages or settlements in cases against candace owens and how much were they awarded?
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Executive summary
Available public reporting shows at least one plaintiff — progressive activist Deborah Birx? — not found; however, records confirm that Vanessa T. Klacik’s suit against Candace Owens was dismissed with prejudice in December 2022 and Klacik paid Owens $115,000, according to compiled profiles [1]. More recently, high‑profile plaintiffs Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron filed a 22‑count U.S. defamation suit seeking unspecified “actual, presumed, and punitive” damages against Owens and her companies [2] [3].
1. The short answer: a confirmed award, and big cases pending
The only clear, cited judgment or payment reported in the supplied material is that Vanessa Klacik—after a suit involving Owens—“had to pay Owens $115,000” when that particular suit was dismissed with prejudice in December 2022 [1]. There is no sourced record in the supplied reporting of Owens herself losing a case and being ordered to pay damages or of plaintiffs collecting settlement money from Owens except the Macrons’ July 2025 complaint, which requests unspecified damages rather than reporting any award or settlement to date [2] [3].
2. The Macron suit: size, lawyer pedigree and what they’re asking for
Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron sued Candace Owens in Delaware state court in July 2025, alleging a campaign of falsehoods and naming Owens personally and two of her business entities; their complaint seeks “actual, presumed, and punitive” damages but does not specify a dollar figure in the initial filings summarized in the press [4] [2] [3]. The Macrons retained Clare Locke, a firm known for extracting a record settlement — $787.5 million for Dominion against Fox News — which reporters note as context for the Macrons’ choice of counsel [4] [2].
3. What the reporting does not show: no award yet in the Macron case
Coverage of the Macron litigation frames it as pending and consequential but does not report any trial verdicts or settlements paid by Owens to the Macrons as of the documents provided. The suit seeks remedies and alleges damages, but available sources do not report that plaintiffs have won money from Owens in that case yet [2] [3].
4. Other past litigation involving Owens: dismissals and defenses
The record supplied shows Owens has both sued and been sued; for example, Delaware courts dismissed a 2020 suit she filed against media organizations over fact‑checking Covid posts, a dismissal the Delaware Supreme Court upheld in 2022 [5]. Separate reporting notes the Klacik matter ended with a payment to Owens of $115,000 after dismissal [1]. Those items suggest Owens has successfully defended some claims and used litigation to push back at critics, at least in a handful of instances [5] [1].
5. Why the Macron filing matters beyond money
Journalists emphasize that a sitting president and first lady suing a U.S. commentator is unusual and that the Macrons’ selection of high‑stakes, high‑profile counsel signals they intend to pursue significant damages and reputational remedies; reporters contrast the complaint’s breadth and the law firm’s record-setting past results to underline the potential risk to Owens’ media business [4] [2] [3]. But the complaint’s request for unspecified damages means reported coverage cannot yet quantify what plaintiffs might seek or ultimately collect [2] [3].
6. Competing perspectives and limitations in the record
Coverage presents competing frames: the Macrons and their lawyers say Owens “doubled down” on demonstrably false claims and caused harm [3]; Owens’ team has filed motions to dismiss and argued jurisdictional and procedural defenses, calling the suit “quintessential libel tourism” and contending Delaware is the wrong forum [6] [7]. The supplied sources do not contain a courtroom resolution in the Macrons’ U.S. action or a reported damages award against Owens as of the cited articles [6] [7].
7. Takeaway for readers tracking damages and settlements
Based on the supplied reporting, the only explicitly documented payment tied to litigation involving Owens in these sources is Klacik’s $115,000 to Owens after dismissal [1]. The Macron case is active and potentially large given the plaintiffs’ counsel and the complaint’s scope, but available sources do not report any plaintiff victory awarding money or a settlement paid by Owens in that litigation yet [2] [3]. Future reporting could change this picture if the Macrons obtain a judgment or settlement; current sources simply do not show such an outcome [2] [3].
Limitations: my account relies solely on the supplied articles; available sources do not mention other lawsuits or settlements beyond those cited here and do not report a monetary award against Owens arising from the Macron suit or other recent cases [1] [2] [3].