# Melania Trump sues over sex worker claims **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 2, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737 "2016-09-02T00:26:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/21 "2016-09-02T15:42:19Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > That doesn’t get you out of liability for defamation. We’ll see. News organizations report on stories reported elsewhere all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/22 "2016-09-02T15:59:20Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > We’ll see. News organizations report on stories reported elsewhere all the time. Yes they do, but repeating a defamation is still defamation. Attributing it to another source isn’t a defense. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/23 "2016-09-02T16:34:56Z")
By the way, golf clap for the OP in posting this in Trumpese rather than English. At first it whooshed me. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/24 "2016-09-02T16:50:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > she’s no Michelle Obama. Not sure why you’d even mention the two in one breath. Well, there’s a lot of similarities in their public speeches. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/25 "2016-09-02T17:24:32Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Well, there’s a lot of similarities in their public speeches. And they’re both women. One I respect, the other I don’t care about. Pardon me for not going that route. There’s bigger, orangier fish to fry. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/26 "2016-09-02T17:50:28Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I am really sorry for her. > [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > One I respect, the other I don’t care about. So which is it? Feel sorry for, or, don’t care about? > [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > Pardon me for not going that route. There’s bigger, orangier fish to fry. Could not agree more. Melania is not worth attacking. Nor is she worth defending. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/27 "2016-09-02T18:34:48Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > Melania Trump sues over sex worker claims > > People call me up and say, it’s a tremendous issue, was she really a prostitute. And I say we have to find out, i’m for it, yep really for it, we have to understand. > > Look at, you know, people coming in and you see people talking, we have to get down to the problem. You know, was she really a call girl because that would be a tremendous situation. I don’t know, it’s just people are talking. > > [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-3725302](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-3725302) > > We have to get down to the problem. It’s tremendous. > [@pool](#): > > The Daily Mail retracted the story: > > [http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/01/media/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel-suit/index.html](http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/01/media/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel-suit/index.html) (Underline added) Hahahaha. The problem seems to be that the lame stream media printed an unverified story and other LSM outlets jumped at the chance to repeat the same horseshit story. I’m shocked. :smack: \*“Defendants broadcast their lies to millions of people throughout the U.S. and the world—without any justification,” Harder continued. “Their many lies include, among others, that Mrs. Trump supposedly was an ‘escort’ in the 1990s before she met her husband. Defendants’ actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs. Trump that her damages are estimated at $150 million.” …Harder, who also represented Hulk Hogan in his successful defamation suit against Gawker Media, confirmed at the time that the notices should be interpreted as a threat to sue. Less than two hours after issuing the statement on Thursday, The Daily Mail retracted its story. \* > **[Melania Trump sues Daily Mail for libel](https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/01/media/melania-trump-daily-mail-libel-suit/index.html)** > > Melania Trump has filed suit against The Daily Mail and Tarpley, a U.S.-based blog, claiming that the two outlets made false and defamatory statements about her involvement in an escort service. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/28 "2016-09-02T18:41:13Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Trump set the tone](https://www.ncscooper.com/donald-trump-bombshell-ted-cruzs-wife-former-call-girl/). The problem with throwing that kind of bomb around is that sometimes people throw it back. I have learned from this message board that saying, “But the other side/guy did it too.” is not a valid argument. > [@running\_coach](#): > > That didn’t stop various televangelists, politicians and Josh Dugger, did it? Trump is not responsible for what ding-dongs, besides himself, say. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/29 "2016-09-02T18:50:39Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > …lame stream media… Your opinions have become instantly irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/30 "2016-09-02T18:55:26Z")
I think it might be stretching the definition of “lame stream media” a bit to include Slovenian and British publications. ETA: **Loach** , you could just have quoted his username. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/31 "2016-09-02T19:17:58Z")
I’ve found that those who use the term “lame stream media” invariably get their news from websites that look like they were built on Geocities, complete with BIG WORDS AND COLORS! (And questionable cites, references, and a tenuous acquaintance with veracity, if at all) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/32 "2016-09-02T19:20:15Z")
As to leaving her alone because she’s not the Donald, she spoke at the RNC. She willingly (I hope) entered the political arena. She doesn’t get to claim to be a spectator any more, she helped foist this mess upon the American people. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/33 "2016-09-02T19:35:16Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I think it might be stretching the definition of “lame stream media” a bit to include Slovenian and British publications. Ah yes, I suspected the Daily Fail was again full of it. But you make a good point, **doorhinge** is tossing under the bus a source that many liberals have tossed already under it and many times before. The DM is in my distrust list because they have supported many bad conservative causes and with lies and misrepresentations too. > **[Why are some British newspapers still denying climate change? | Bob Ward](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/25/why-are-some-british-newspapers-still-denying-climate-change)** > > Bob Ward: Editors of the Mail, Express, Times, Sun and Telegraph should put the interests of their readers first by reporting the real facts about global warming I hope he has learned the lesson, and the OP too regarding the use of the Daily Mail as a source. ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/34 "2016-09-02T20:25:09Z")
it’s an important issue, a lot of people have called me to talk about. It’s the BBC I linked to but, you know, it’s a tremendous thing when people have an idea. Not the Daily Mail, no, no, a lot of people, you know, might not be sure about that but we are, pretty sure. The BBC are okay, you know, good, we talk to them there. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/35 "2016-09-02T20:35:19Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > So which is it? Feel sorry for, or, don’t care about? I thought it was obvious. Melania has not done much worth even paying attention in her whole life. Attacking her for plagiarism, or for defending her husband’s stupid ideas is fair, attacking her for posing naked, not so much. I won’t hold her as an example for my child (unlike MO), but I would be a hypocrite if I condemn her non-political past. If I find out Hillary posed naked for some art in her day, or Bill has some riske pictures of her in his phone, I will think no less of her. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/36 "2016-09-02T21:01:10Z")
It turns out the font in Melania’s alleged “come and get it” tramp stamp matches the default settings of Microsoft Word. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/37 "2016-09-02T21:12:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Interesting that Trump decided this is where he would make a stand. > > “Mr Trump, they’re saying your father was connected with the Nazis. Should we sue?” > “Yeah, better not open that can of worms. Let it go.” > “They’re saying you have KKK connections.” > “Let it go.” > “Taking money from Putin?” > “Let it go.” > “Sex with underage prostitutes?” > “Let it go.” > “Gay rape hazing incident?” > “Let it go.” > “Incest with your daughter?” > “Let it go.” > “Your wife’s an illegal immigrant?” > “Let it go.” > “She made porno movies?” > “Let it go.” > “She was a call girl in New York City?” > “Let it…wait…did they specifically say New York City?” > “Yes.” > “They didn’t say she was a call girl in London or Los Angeles or Miami or Macao?” > “No…it was just New York.” > “Hey, we can win that one. Go ahead and file a lawsuit.” Quoted for brilliance. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/38 "2016-09-02T21:15:09Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (Underline added) > > Hahahaha. The problem seems to be that the lame stream media . . . Sarah Palin called and wants her stoopid back. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/39 "2016-09-02T21:23:43Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It turns out the font in Melania’s alleged “come and get it” tramp stamp matches the default settings of Microsoft Word. I think there’s actually a letter out there somewhere … > [@mysterious letter](#): > > If you want to hire Melania for the evening, you can be assured that her relevant physical attributes are all astonishingly excellent. If hired as your companion, we can state unequivocally that Melania would be the healthiest evening companion that has ever been bedded for a fee. > > And also be assured that every test that has been run on Melania for possible infectious diseases has returned positive results. > > Regards, > > Some kind of doctor, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737/40 "2016-09-02T21:52:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Your opinions have become instantly irrelevant. Retroactively, too. Not that there was any doubt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melania-trump-sues-over-sex-worker-claims/764737.md?page=3)