Daily Mail Agrees To Pay Damages To Melania Trump In Defamation Case

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The Daily Mail agreed to pay damages to first lady Melania Trump Tuesday in her defamation suit following a story the publication ran that alleged Trump may have worked as an escort.

The Daily Mail’s parent companies — Associated Newspapers, Ltd. and Mail Media, Inc. –released a joint statement with the first lady, apologizing and retracting its story and agreeing to pay costs and damages, though it did not specify how much. The story had previously been retracted as well.

The statement did not appear to have any quotes or lines indicating they were coming from the first lady, despite being put forward as a joint statement.

“We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true and we retract and withdraw them,” the statement read. “We apologize to Mrs Trump for any distress that our publication caused her.”

Trump filed the defamation suit after the Daily Mail published an explosive story indicating Trump had worked for an escort service, a claim which the first lady had denied. The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, sought compensatory and punitive damages of at least $150 million. Trump indicated in the suit that the story had robbed her of a “unique once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to profit from being first lady.

Trump had previously settled with a Maryland blogger who put forward the same story for a “substantial sum,” according to Variety.

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  1. Our bad
    The first Lady showed us her ta ta’s which gave us the wrong impression
    Whore, but a high priced whore.
    Not to be mentioned in polite company
    I mean sex with Trump?
    EEEEEEWWWWWWWW

  2. Susan Rice: There is an Idea.
    Obama: You dont say!
    Hillary: I am locked up but otherwise I will sue Drumpf.

  3. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    Trump indicated in the suit that the story had robbed her of a “unique once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to profit from being First Lady

    The Trump cartel’s ruling philosophy right there. No doubt cribbed from Best Practices for Wannabe Kleptocrats.

    Self before Service.

  4. I think people who write news should be held accountable for what they say.
    At the same time, I feel this is all bullshit. The fact that one of the reasons cited was that she would not be able to make money off of being First Lady is just beyond… sensibility… here.
    The Trumps are so tacky and money hungry.
    I think of how the Obama’s were repeatedly slammed and maligned by certain blogs and news cites, with innuendo and even outright lies. Yet they had grace and dignity. Michelle was called some horrendous names, pics photoshopped, the suggestion she was born a man…all that.
    Trump relied on FAKE news stories - even forwarded them in tweets, is good buds with a man that owns the Enquirer - and then has the GALL to sue for a false story.
    And they get rewarded with winning the election and more money.

    OMG it’s such bullshit.

  5. I think the traditionally symbolic $1 award would be just fine in this instance.

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