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.
“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.
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7 comments:
The legal system is ripe for this. Now if anyone says anything off color just file papers immediately. Be very careful what you say about the Trumps. According to Trump everything in the press is.....whatever he says it is.
good....love it
Loving it shoving it to the libtards . Keep up the good work
Finally the truth is popular again. Good decision. She has so much class! Compared to that last thing we had as first lady who was ashamed to be American. Guess what i am also ashamed she is America. She was an embarassment for 8 years.
BooHoo
No but everything in the press is usually a lie. So tomorrow I'm going to take an ad out in the USA Today stating that your significant other was caught smoking crack on Naylor street in Salisbury. It won't be true of course but I'm still going to place the ad. You see where I'm going with this...? There are always consequences to your actions. The blogger got what he deserved.
Damn, I would have agreed to be her 'slave-for-life' ! Could think of harsher punishment.
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