By Unknown | FOX News | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
A Maryland blogger has been forced to pay a "substantial sum" to Melania Trump as part of a settlement for a defamation lawsuit over an article containing unsubstantiated claims that the first lady once worked as an escort, her lawyers announced Tuesday.
By Mediaite | Mediaite | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
By Allegra Kirkland | Talking Points Memo | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
Melania Trump's lawyers alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday that the First Lady's "unique once-in-a-lifetime" opportunity to profit from her White House role was damaged by a Daily Mail article claiming she once worked as an escort. The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court against the tabloid's owner, Mail Media, seeks compensatory and punitive damages of at least $150 million. According to...
By [email protected] (Kelsey Sutton) | Politico | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
A Maryland blogger has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by First Lady Melania Trump. Wester Griffin Tarpley, who runs the blog Tarpley.net, has agreed to pay a "substantial sum" and issued a statement apologizing to the First Lady and her family, according to a statement from Trump's attorneys. In August, Tarpley published unsubstantiated rumors that the First Lady had previously been an "escort"...
By Zoe Tillman | BuzzFeed | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
Carlos Barria / Reuters WASHINGTON -- Melania Trump has settled her defamation lawsuit against a Maryland blogger who published claims -- which Trump denied -- that she once worked as a "high-end escort" and suffered from a mental breakdown during the presidential campaign. Trump's lawyers said in a statement that blogger Webster Tarpley "agreed to pay her a substantial sum as a settlement," but...
By Carlos Garcia | The Blaze | 5 years 6 months ago | Politics
First lady Melania Trump filed a lawsuit against the Daily Mail for publishing "salacious and highly offensive statements about her," according to CNBC's Steve Kopack, who tweeted the news Monday. She is seeking $150 million in compensatory and punitive damages from the news organization for causing "tremendous harm to Plaintiff's personal and professional reputation. The statement filed in...
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