© Mike Segar/ReutersMelania Trump
It seems the
Daily Mail forgot they were talking about the most litigious happy family around when they
published allegations that Melania Trump was involved in sex work. The
article was retracted after she filed a complaint in court.
It seems Melania has taken up the Trump pastime of suing publications that display the family in a disparaging light. On Thursday, she
lodged a complaint in a Maryland Circuit Court which claims that the
Daily Mail's story - titled
Naked photo shoots and troubling questions about visas that won't go away: The VERY racy past of Donald Trump's Slovenian wife -
amounted to defamation.In a
lawsuit against both Mail Media and a journalist named Webster Griffin Tarpley, she
hit each with one count of libel and one count of tortious interference with actual and/or prospective business advantage against all defendants. In non-legalese English, that means she alleges the
stories jeopardized her business relationships "by sullying her good name," according to the lawsuit.
Comment: Retractions aside, like it or not, the story is out there. No thanks to the journalistic sleight of hand.