Melania Trump sues media companies for saying she was an ‘escort’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves at supporters as he leaves the stage with his wife, Melania, after a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (Mary Altaffer)

More Stories

Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan, right, across the finish line to win the 150th running of ...

Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby in a close 3-horse photo finish

Nevada Highway Patrol (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Motorcycle crash on U.S. 95 leaves man dead

UNLV golfer blossoms in spring, earns trip to NCAA regionals

Sports on TV in Las Vegas

REUTERS

September 1, 2016 - 3:08 pm

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, on Thursday filed a lawsuit against two media entities for libel over reports that she was an “escort” in the 1990s.

“Melania Trump filed suit today in the state circuit court for Montgomery County, Maryland against Mail Media, Inc. which publishes the Daily Mail Online, and against Webster G. Tarpley who publishes a weblog in Montgomery County, Maryland,” Melania Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, said in a statement. “These defendants made several statements about Mrs. Trump that are 100% false and tremendously damaging to her personal and professional reputation.”