UK’s Daily Mail to Pay Melania Trump Damages Over False Claims

UK’s Daily Mail to Pay Melania Trump Damages Over False Claims
U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks during a visit to Excel Academy Public Charter School in Washington on April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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LONDON—Britain’s Daily Mail agreed on Wednesday to pay Melania Trump an undisclosed sum and issue an apology after it published an article saying the U.S. First Lady had offered “services beyond simply modeling” in her former job.

President Donald Trump’s wife, 46, had sued the publisher of the Daily Mail in Britain and also filed a $150 million (120 million pound) lawsuit against it in New York, claiming the article had cost her millions of dollars in potential business.

A person familiar with the situation said the settlement was worth less than $3 million, including legal costs and damages.

The Daily Mail, which runs what it calls the world’s largest English-language newspaper website, apologized for the article on Wednesday and issued a retraction on its home page.

Melania Trump attends the after party for the final episode of "The Apprentice 2" at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Dec. 16, 2004. (Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)
Melania Trump attends the after party for the final episode of "The Apprentice 2" at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Dec. 16, 2004. Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images