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Melania Trump Threatens $1 Billion Suit Over Epstein Introduction Claim
Melania Trump's legal team demands a retraction and apology from Hunter Biden for defamatory claims linking her to Jeffrey Epstein, threatening a $1 billion lawsuit for reputational harm.
- On August 6, 2025, Melania Trump issued a formal letter calling on Hunter Biden to publicly withdraw his statements associating her with Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to pursue legal action seeking damages exceeding $1 billion.
- Biden made the claims during a recent interview with journalist Andrew Callaghan, attributing the introduction of Melania and Donald Trump to Epstein, which Trump and Melania dispute.
- The first lady's lawyers described Biden's statements as false, defamatory, and inflammatory, noting they have caused her overwhelming financial and reputational harm and were widely disseminated on digital platforms.
- Melania Trump’s attorney Alejandro Brito sent a legal letter demanding immediate retraction and apology by 5pm August 7, and the Daily Beast retracted an article with an apology following similar claims.
- This legal action reflects the Trump family's typical strategy to confront critics and may increase scrutiny on Epstein-related issues while highlighting disputes over the Trumps’ personal history.
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Hunter Biden has no plans to apologize to US First Lady Melania Trump for his comments that Melania was introduced to Donald Trump by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "F**k it! That's not going to happen," he said. Melania's legal team has made an apology a condition of a lawsuit worth more than a billion dollars.
First Lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract the comments linking her to sex dealer Jeffrey Epstein and threaten to sue him if he doesn’t. Trump disagrees with two comments that Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with British journalist Andrew Callaghan. He claimed that Epstein introduced the first lady to now President Donald Trump. The statements are false, defamatory and “extremely sca…
‘Not going to happen’: Hunter Biden tells Melania Trump where she can stick her threat to sue after revealing how she really met Trump
First lady Melania Trump has taken legal action against Hunter Biden, demanding he withdraw statements claiming that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump. The legal threat, similar to a strategy often used by her husband, was sent in a letter from her lawyer, Alejandro Brito. The letter, dated August 6 and first reported by Fox News Digital, accuses Biden of spreading false, defamatory, and highly scandalous clai…
By Shanla Shelton, Alleen Graef and Betsy Klein, CNN US President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday morning that his wife Melania's lawyers would pursue legal action against Hunter Biden, saying he told him to "move on." "You know, I've been doing pretty well with these lawsuits lately. And I told him, 'Move on.' Jeffrey Epstein has nothing to do with how Melania and I met. But they do. They make up stories," he said in an interview with Brian Kil…
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