Melania Trump Sued by Journalist Michael Wolff for Defamation Over Guide Deal

Melania Trump is being dragged right into a authorized battle with journalist Michael Wolff — who has filed a lawsuit accusing the First Woman of making an attempt to dam publication of his upcoming tell-all about her life.

Based on new court docket paperwork, obtained by TMZ, Wolff says Melania “intentionally and maliciously” interfered along with his publishing contract and defamed him in public statements tied to his forthcoming e-book, “The Artwork of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux).”

Wolff additionally says Melania and her staff delivered false and damaging claims he fabricated interviews, intimidated sources, and “manufactured lies for revenue,” scaring off worldwide distributors that brought on him to lose a multi million greenback e-book deal.

The writer goes on to say he has proof Melania personally instructed a public relations agency to contact media shops and threaten authorized motion in the event that they coated his e-book undertaking — one thing Wolff calls “a calculated marketing campaign to destroy his popularity and livelihood.”

As a part of his lawsuit, Wolff included a letter from Melania’s attorneys demanding he retract and apologize for defamatory statements he made to the Each day Beast about  her alleged connection to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein in an article.

Wolff advised the Each day Beast Melania was “very concerned” within the Epstein scandal and could possibly be the lacking hyperlink in President Trump’s ties to Epstein, amongst different issues. Melania’s attorneys says that is all BS.

Now, Wolff is asking the choose for declarations that the assertions in his e-book should not defamatory and if Melania continues to attempt to harass, intimidate and block him from publishing the e-book she could be libel to him for damages.