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

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

According to new court paperwork, obtained by TMZ, Wolff says Melania “deliberately and maliciously” interfered together with his publishing contract and defamed him in public statements tied to his forthcoming ebook, “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux).”

Wolff additionally says Melania and her workforce delivered false and damaging claims he fabricated interviews, intimidated sources, and “manufactured lies for profit,” scaring off worldwide distributors that prompted him to lose a multi million greenback ebook deal.

The writer goes on to say he has proof Melania personally instructed a public relations agency to contact media retailers and threaten authorized motion in the event that they coated his ebook mission — one thing Wolff calls “a calculated campaign to destroy his reputation and livelihood.”

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

Wolff advised the Daily Beast Melania was “very involved” within the Epstein scandal and may very well 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 decide for declarations that the assertions in his ebook should not defamatory and if Melania continues to attempt to harass, intimidate and block him from publishing the ebook she could be libel to him for damages.