Melania Trump can proceed with libel lawsuit, judge says

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Melania Trump can proceed with libel lawsuit, judge says

Associated Press
Friday 27 January 2017 17.03 GMT

A judge is allowing first lady Melania Trump to move ahead with her libel lawsuit against a blogger who reported rumors that she worked as a high-end escort.

Trump sued the blogger, Webster Tarpley of Gaithersburg, as well as Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.

Tarpley’s lawyer asked a Montgomery County circuit court judge to dismiss the case at a pre-trial hearing on Friday in Rockville, Maryland. She argues that Tarpley was within his rights to publish rumors that could have potentially affected the presidential campaign.

Trump’s lawyer says the rumor is false and that reporters cannot make defamatory statements under the guise of reporting rumors. He says it is the reporter’s job to vet the rumor before publishing.

The judge agreed and rejected Tarpley’s motion to dismiss.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel-lawsuit

[justiceischeap]

1. So does this mean US citizens can sue Trump for his many lies?

I mean what's good for the goose.

[manicraven]

2. So ironic!

Melania is the spouse of a conspiracy theorist who spreads falsehoods that will affect all of our lives and this planet, and who hired Bannon as his advisor, a founder of a fake news/white supremacist site, Breitbart, AKA Trump Pravda.

[Ilsa]

5. There is no justice. It's okay for them to call

Michelle a transexual, and she never sued, but this guy can't follow up on rumors justified by previous behavior.

[mainer]

3. So now we get to hear all the juicy details about Melania's past

Her nude photos, her modeling, her immigration status -- all will come out in court as evidence. Does she really want to go down this route?

[Ilsa]

4. Exactly. I don't see why she doesn't drop it.

She has a son old enough to follow this online, too.