BREAKING : Blogger Ordered to Pay Melania Trump “Substantial Sum” in Defamation Suit
A blogger from Maryland has been ordered forced to pay a “substantial sum” to Melania Trump as part of a settlement regarding a defamation lawsuit.
The suit stemmed from an article claiming unsubstantiated reports that the first lady worked as an escort her.
From Fox News
“I posted an article on August 2, 2016 about Melania Trump that was replete with false and defamatory statements about her,” Webster Tarpley, the 71-year-old blogger, said in a statement by Trump’s attorneys, according to the Washington Post.
Trump’s legal team declined to provide the settlement amount. Tarpley, of Gaithersburg, didn’t respond to requests from the Washington Post for comment, but his lawyer confirmed a settlement had been reached.
“I acknowledge that these false statements were very harmful and hurtful to Mrs. Trump and her family, and therefore I sincerely apologize to Mrs. Trump, her son, her husband and her parents for making these false statements,” Trump’s lawyers — in comments attributed to Tarpley — wrote in their statement.
Trump on Monday also re-filed a libel lawsuit against the corporation that publishes the Daily Mail’s website, this time in New York, for reporting on the escort rumors.
Trump had previously filed the lawsuit against Mail Media Inc. in Maryland, but a judge earlier this month ruled the case shouldn’t be filed in Maryland and dismissed it. The lawsuit now filed in New York, where the corporation has offices, seeks compensatory and punitive damages of at least $150 million.
In the new filing Monday, the first lady’s attorneys argue the report damaged her ability to profit off her high profile.
Melania Trump, the filing states, “had the unique, one-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person, as well as a former professional model, brand spokesperson and successful businesswoman, to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multimillion-dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which Plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world.”
Those product categories, it goes on to say, could have included apparel, accessories, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care and fragrance, among others.
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Yes!!! Let The Lying Tongues Against Our President…Our First Lady And Their Team Be Held Accountable!!!
This is what happens when your alligator mouth over rides your “HUMMINGBIRD” ASS!!!!
What hurts lefts most ?
If you get grip on their wallets. So go on Donald, get their money and they´ll shut up.
“Substantial Sum” $$$ 🙂 $$$ … Apology 🙂 PRICELESS !
So many green eyed monsters out there and spiteful too…she is going to be a great first lady when she endears herself to her position,it takes time…good to know she won this suit ,that’s what happens when you lie through your teeth!
Wonderful. This is also the way to start hitting the sleazebag Soros. Take away his money and there goes his ability to fund riots.
Exactly!!! He Is WAY OVERDUE For Shut Down… For All Of His Subversive Efforts Towards America…Her Leadership And Her People!!!
Awesome, other will take note there is cost for their lies.
These stupid liberals are messing with the wrong First Family..Now I hope Melania goes after the POSs that made fun of Barron calling him a serial killer..
Yes!!! Absolutely!!!