Donald Trump and Melania Trump
The release of nude and semi-nude modeling pictures of Melania Trump, the wife of U.S. presidential candidate, Donald Trump, created a scandal in the press. Melania took the pictures during the early stages of her modeling career in Europe, prior to marrying Donald Trump. Some media outlets began writing spin off stories during the scandal, claiming Melania was an escort, with the standard inference that sex for money was involved.
The escort claims crossed the line in Melania's eyes and she has initiated legal proceedings against several news outlets over the story. Melania's representative stated on her behalf, "Mrs. Trump has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an 'escort' in the 1990s. All such statements are 100% false, highly damaging to her reputation, and personally hurtful. She understands that news media have certain leeway in a presidential campaign, but outright lying about her in this way exceeds all bounds of appropriate news reporting and human decency."
The escort claims crossed the line in Melania's eyes and she has initiated legal proceedings against several news outlets over the story. Melania's representative stated on her behalf, "Mrs. Trump has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an 'escort' in the 1990s. All such statements are 100% false, highly damaging to her reputation, and personally hurtful. She understands that news media have certain leeway in a presidential campaign, but outright lying about her in this way exceeds all bounds of appropriate news reporting and human decency."
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Melania Trump taking legal action against Daily Mail for defamation
8/22/16 02:52 PM EDT - Melania Trump has started legal
action against the Daily Mail and other outlets for what she
claims is a defamatory article about her past. Charles Harder, an attorney for Trump, said in an email that
the legal action goes beyond just the Daily Mail and is not
limited to the United Kingdom, where the Daily Mail is
headquartered.
"Mrs. Trump has placed several news organizations on notice
of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among
others, for making false and defamatory statements about her
supposedly having been an “escort” in the 1990s," Harder
said in an email. "All such statements are 100% false,
highly damaging to her reputation, and personally hurtful.
She understands that news media have certain leeway in a
presidential campaign, but outright lying about her in this
way exceeds all bounds of appropriate news reporting and
human decency."...
