In Amended Libel Lawsuit, Melania Trump Now Includes Hooker Statement from NY Times Reporter

[demmiblue]

Source: Law Newz



First Lady Melania Trump has abandoned her claim that she planned to cash in on her First Lady “brand” to sell “apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance” from her White House perch.

Melania Trump’s lawyer, Charles Harder, filed an amended complaint on Friday in her New York libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail, deleting the First Lady’s claims that she planned to make millions from her White House fame described in her first version of the lawsuit. But, in this suit, she did include a ‘statement from a New York Times reporter who called her a “hooker.”

Gone from the new version of the lawsuit are the First Lady’s earlier allegations that the Daily Mail’s “false” story deprived her of a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person … to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories.”

But Melania Trump did not drop her claim that she is entitled to $300 million in damages from the online tabloid. She still seeks $150 million in damages in her defamation claim and an additional $150 million in damages in her claim for intentional infliction for emotional distress.

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[ck4829]

1. For the wife of a "billionaire", she sure wants a lot of money from a lawsuit.

[Hugin]

4. Obviously, a self-made Trophy Wife. n/t

[JudyM]

25. If she makes enough of her own money from the lawsuit, she can walk away from tRump

without caring so much that he'd rob her blind in the divorce.

Or they might already have an agreement to remain "married" but separate until Barron's older.

[Alice11111]

51. LOL

[ToxMarz]

10. I'm sure she and Trump have a prenuptial leaving her nothing

This is her walking away nest egg.

[tblue37]

30. Marla's prenup gave her $2 million. Maybe Trump had proof Melania worked here

illegally and was able to force her to accept even less in a prenup--but I'd guess she would consider $2 million too paltry a sum to live on, so she would consider that walking away with "nothing."

[mdbl]

15. It's her chance to dump trump

if she wins, she can leave him and live in comfort with a guy she really wants.

[underpants]

22. This stinks of other worldly entitlement or Donald putting her up to it

OR both.

He loved suing or threatening to sue people (often people with no means to fight him) but now he can't. His mentor Roy Cohn was his bloodthirsty lawyer who loved taking it to people. Donald now has to rely on the DoJ and its limited resources and cost/benefit analysis. This lawsuit is a bad idea on so many levels but that's never stopped him before.

[Hugin]

2. In the immortal words of Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian...

"I will never say she 'used to be' a Hooker."

[underpants]

5. LOL

Did Betty say that about Melania or just in general?

[Hugin]

6. To avoid libel...

She said it about Third-ladies in general.

From teh Farcebook:

"Goodness, the Thénardiers of the White House are in uproar! First, Melania (who is NOT currently a former hooker) sued because she couldn’t capitalize on being FLOTUS-in-Absentia, to peddle former-visaless-model fragrances and 2 kt. ankle bracelets."

[underpants]

16. Thnadiers

Love it

[PatSeg]

38. Brilliant!

"NOT currently a former hooker"!

[underpants]

3. I'm not a lawyer but it sounds like she's almost copyrighting "Melania hooker"

She wants the Daily Mail to pay her for every time someone says it or might say it?

Drop it Melania. YOU are keeping this alive not anyone else.
Maybe she needs the money to take off from her "miserable" life as First um Lady

[forgotmylogin]

49. Her lawyer's name is "Charles Harder".

Of the "Stickham, Harder, and Goode" firm.

[groundloop]

7. OMG. If Michelle Obama sued every time someone called her nasty names....

it would have been a constant, never ending battle. Definitely a huge difference in graciousness and class between the current and former First Ladies (I was going to say White House Occupants but Melania refuses to live in Washington).

[underpants]

17. She'd have to show damages

and Michelle had no plans to cash in on being FLOTUS.

[Alice11111]

52. She didnt even consider suing the trump camp after melania admitted plagiarism.Imagine the reverse

[greymattermom]

8. Is there a legal definition of "hooker"?

Does trophy wife count?

[underpants]

19. "Trophy wife" is the PC term

but it's the same.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

20. "Hooker" is a rugby position, and somewhat risky.

In the scrum, try to "hook" the ball with your foot while preserving your ACL and cartilage from both team-mates and the opposing team.

[Historic NY]

9. Why isn't she suing for those "model" pictures the post printed....??

Rupert, Rupert, Rupert.

[Bear Creek]

11. Public Eye

Sorry what goes around comes around. Fair game

[The Sand Reckoner]

12. Bring it on, Melania

We'll be more than happy to see your previous "business attangements" plastered all over every paper in the country. In exquisite detail. And we look forward to you having to give evidence about them. And perjure yourself.

[slingsam]

13. From a Trollop to a so-called Flotus

What a plunging neckline!!!

[LenaBaby61]

53. From a Trollop to a so-called Flotus.

So true.

This trick is just as scummy, filthy and money-grubbing as her p***y-grabbing husband.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. My prediction: Unless the media can show SOME evidence of their claims, Melania could win, but

I'm pretty sure that her award won't be $450 million, but reduced to some nominal, symbolic amount.

[Scarsdale]

31. Nominal amount?

Like, say, what her going rate was before HE came along??

[no_hypocrisy]

55. Something symbolic, like one dollar.

The whole concept of defamation is your reputation is irreparably damaged. If the court or the jury finds that technically the media lied about Melania but her brand didn't really suffer, they award *something* but not a lot.

[freedomrock1970]

18. The proof is in the tax returns.

Let her prove she isn't a hooker, let's see where the income came from, if not from selling her soul to the Great Plumpkin.

[paleotn]

21. Well, the Slovenian poll dancer married twitler for the money....

...If that's not prostitution, I don't know what is. If the shoe fits, you Slovenian piece of slim, fucking wear it!!!

[milestogo]

35. Is a poll dancer like a pole dancer?

[Tanuki]

36. Sounds more like voter suppression to me....some people got mad when Bill Clinton

used a bullhorn to address a crowd adjacent to a polling place during the primaries.....imagine the hoopla if he had also poll danced!

[paleotn]

42. Male voter turnout...

..would hit an all time high.

[paleotn]

41. spellin'

ain't mi strong sewt.

[msanthrope]

24. Here's an idea....no use of mysogynistic language as you strike a blow for

freedom, yeah?

[lark]

27. Sorry, but when talking about the devil, how does one be polite?

I have been a feminist since I was old enough to make up my own mind about my beliefs. I have marched, burned bras, burned draft cards, supported abortion rights by helping people get to NY when it was still illeagal in FL. Melania is a horrible greedy person who hurts others for her own personal financial gain. One of the papers she's suing issued a full apology, but that's not good enough for her, no she wants the $$. Just like she wanted to cash in on being FLOTUS but had to amend her lawsuit because it's illegal. However, the fact that she expects to cash in by rights shows how shallow, self-serving and uncaring about the law and our country she is. She freaking wore a purse with a British flag on it to her husband's nomination as repug candidate. She says she's coming out against cyberbullying when her husband and she are the biggest bullies of all. She's low class porno star and I said all this without using any woman centric insults. However, she is a woman, married to a horrible person who treats her like dirt, and she stays for $$. That's golddigging at it's worst and her treatment of the media shows she' a conniving bitch.

[msanthrope]

28. I find that the use of the b-word, while it may be true, only incites others

to think of more liberties they may use. Think about that.

[Scarsdale]

32. Her parents

Live at tRump Tower, too. Her father was a member of the Communist Party in good standing prior to coming over here. Is he the connection between Agent Orange and Vlad?? With all the cosmetic surgery, she is entering into the Cat Woman range.

[lark]

33. Seed didn't fall far from the tree.

Takers, fakers and users all.

[bullimiami]

26. Discovery. Bring it on.

[cstanleytech]

34. If she wins anything they should pay it with unrolled pennies. nt

[Vinca]

37. Don't you just wish a client or two would come forward?

[Tanuki]

43. They probably didn't get a receipt when they left the cash on the nightstand,

so it would just be more he said, she said. Sad!

[Sunlei]

39. Mrs. T everyone knows you weren't a russian hooker. Upper class,pretty Russian hu$band hunter!

a model flown to New York parties for the wealthy to pick a wife from.

the cheap pretty whores they use and toss away.

[SunSeeker]

40. Yeah, being called a hooker must have caused this woman a lot of emotional distress...

[LiberalLovinLug]

50. OMG do I see the FLOTUS's bare shoulders!!!!!!!!

[Ccarmona]

44. You All are Misding the Point

If you watched Rachel Maddow on Friday, you would have known that her Attorneys are the same ones that Hulk Hogan used to take down Gawker. This is a war on the media and she's leading it. They're trying to muzzle and send a chill down the collective spine of all Media.

[Tanuki]

48. Thanks for this. I did not see Rachel's program and did not know. Aeom

[jetcat]

54. This may indeed be an effort to muzzle the press, but she still has to quantify her alleged injury.

And with the removal of the her "trinkets for the people" claim, her attorney may have handed the defense a pretty compelling argument that actual damages are a chimera, leaving her with token damages. While untenable defense costs can be an effective muzzle, the defendants here are pretty well-heeled, and a token damage award won't do much to muzzle them in particular.

[Panich52]

45. Wants to make hubby's BS line of "failing NY Times" a reality?

Rachel Maddow inferred driving Daily out of biz was goal since she didn't accept retraction & apology and hired lawyer who intentionally bankrupted Gawker. Now dragging NYT into it as punishment f/ truthfully reporting on hubby's idiocy?

[SunSeeker]

46. I think dragging in the NYT was a mistake. The NYT has good lawyers. nt

[karynnj]

47. Evite's rainbow tour and how Rome reacted to her comes to mind

Given Melania's photos and the fact that the MSM actually treated her with respect, I would think she would not be forcing this issue - why get into that argument even though she was not an escort.