Melania Trump sues Daily Mail and US blogger

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Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper and a US blogger for $150m (£114m) over allegations she was a sex worker in the 1990s, her lawyer says.

The Daily Mail suggested Mrs Trump may have worked as a part-time escort in New York, and met husband Donald Trump, who is now running for the White House, earlier than previously reported.

The claims were "outright lying", lawyer Charles Harder said.

Both the blogger and the Daily Mail have since retracted their articles.

"These defendants made several statements about Mrs Trump that are 100% false and tremendously damaging to her personal and professional reputation," Mr Harder said in a statement.

"Defendants' actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs Trump that her damages are estimated at $150m," Mr Harder's statement said.

He has filed the complaint before the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in the US state of Maryland.

The document states that Melania Trump asks the court to rule against all defendants "in an amount in excess of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000) in compensatory and punitive damages".

There has been no explanation of the discrepancy.

Mrs Trump, 46, was born in Slovenia and moved to the US to work as a model in the 1990s. She married Mr Trump in 2005.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37253025

 

[KURUSHITOVSKA 20,451]

Sue them as much as you want but you don't need to ask that money. You already have enough. Rubbish

[TerrenceV2 2,001]

But she probably was  she's trying to defend the undefendable.

[DrewStevens 5,249]

So it's ok when Trump accuses Obama of not being American but it's not ok for the media to publish something about his wife?

[ItsTommyBitch 12,640]

Damn, she sues for a lot, just like Donald

I don't know how true this is, but did we ever get to a definitive statement on what kind of visa she had and if she was working in the country illegally? Like, what ever happened with that