The British newspaper “The Telegraph” agreed to pay First Lady Melania Trump “substantial damages” as well as her legal fees, for an article published on January 19 after admitting that a story about Melania contained “false statements”.
On the story, “The Telegraph” claimed that she wept the night Donald Trump became president, falsely described her father and misinformed the why she abandoned a university program, and more lies.
The original story, “The Mystery of Melania,” which includes lies about Melania Trump’s father, lies about why she abandoned an architecture program during her long career, and says that her modeling career was unsuccessful before she met Donald Trump.
After inventing the false news about our First Lady, her lawyers must have contacted the main British news agency, because they resolved the claim with Melania by agreeing to pay her damages and issue a retraction of their lies.
“We accept that Ms. Trump was a successful professional model before she met her husband and got her own job without his help,”
“The claim that Mrs. Trump cried on the night of the election is also false. We apologize without reservation to the First Lady and her family for any embarrassment caused by our publication of these accusations. As a sign of our regret, we have agreed to pay Mrs. Trump the substantial damages as well as her legal costs “, the Daily Mail wrote. “
This is the second time that Melania has had to threaten an important news agency to pay her damages and issue a retraction. She also received damages and an apology from the Daily Mail in 2017. Although she won against these fake news reporters, the damage was already done.
This is another example of the false news practices and failed ethical standards that journalists are willing to use to fuel the anti-Trump narrative. This was so bad that they reached an agreement within a week after the story was published, which is easily one of the fastest defamation lawsuits we have seen.
