Lawyer Who Brought Down Gawker Threatens Media Outlets With Defamation Suits On Melania Trump's Behalf

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[Melania Trump] has placed several news organizations on notice of her legal claims against them, including Daily Mail among others, for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an ‘escort’ in the 1990s. All such statements are 100 percent false, highly damaging to her reputation, and personally hurtful. She understands that news media have certain leeway in a presidential campaign, but outright lying about her in this way exceeds all bounds of appropriate news reporting and human decency.

— Attorney Charles J. Harder, in a statement emailed to the New York Times, commenting on Melania Trump’s legal claims against the Daily Mail, Inquisitr, Politico, and Liberal America for their publication of articles his client deemed defamatory. Harder said that no suits had been filed yet, but “that may change.” Harder represented professional wrestler Terry Bollea (d/b/a Hulk Hogan) in his invasion-of-privacy suit against Gawker Media, which bankrupted the company.

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