Melania's lawyers admit she hoped to cash in on being First Lady by selling clothes, fragrances

[Miles Archer]

Melania Trump’s lawyers admit she hoped to cash in on being First Lady by selling clothes and fragrances

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/melania-trumps-lawyers-admit-she-hoped-to-cash-in-on-being-first-lady-by-selling-clothes-and-fragrances/



First Lady Melania Trump has filed a third lawsuit against The Daily Mail for defamation after the site published a story alleging Mrs. Trump had been an “escort” at one time. As the lawsuit has moved forward, Mrs. Trump was required to prove that the defamation damaged her in some way. Her example of damages are that she can no longer launch a clothing and fragrance line using her office as First Lady of the United States.

According to a report from the New York Post, the court documents allege the Daily Mail caused such financial harm that Mrs. Trump could no longer use her position in government to enrich herself, her brand and products.

“Plaintiff had the unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, as an extremely famous and well-known person…to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which plaintiff is one of the most photographed women in the world,” the lawsuit outlines.

“These product categories would have included, among other things, apparel, accessories, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance,” it continues.

[qwlauren35]

1. And yet,

She can't be impeached. The only possible thing is to make sure people boycott her products.

[onetexan]

26. boycott it is

not that we didn't know that was the case - that not only Melania but the rest of their clan would usurp their idiot husband/father's office to enrich themselves - but to blatantly spell it out like that is just despicable.

[Laurian]

2. Damn. These people don't care about anything other than money.

More and more and more. The whole clan is disgusting.

[rurallib]

3. truer words were never spoken

[madokie]

17. They. Are. Grifters.

nothing more or less

[malaise]

46. +1,000

[madaboutharry]

4. What is wrong with these people?

BTW, she needs new lawyers. At least one who has read The Constitution.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. She's suing in the UK

Their libel laws may be different from ours. I think a case could be made that the Trump brand is no longer as valuble as it once was. She's already tried a jewelry line on QVC, but it must not have done too well because it was discontinued.

She was also developing a skin care line that had caviar in it. She said she rubs it all over Barron's body every night. But that ended up with her suing the cosmetics company for $50M.

Grifters gotta grift.

[madaboutharry]

15. i am talking about Melania benefiting from her position as First Lady

She is prohibited from using her position for personal gain and sell clothes, fragrances, jewelry, etc.

[TexasBushwhacker]

16. Is she?

I know he is.

[madaboutharry]

18. Part of her complaint is that now she can't.

It's in her filing.

[TexasBushwhacker]

19. What I'm asking is, is she prohibited from profiting

from being FLOTUS? I realize it's in poor taste, but I remember "Billy Beer" during the Carter administration. Embarrassing for Jimmy yes, but I don't think family members are prohibited, although a case could be made that he benefits from any money she makes because of community property.

[madaboutharry]

20. The Constitution prohibits using your official role/position in government

for personal gain. It applies to the President's family.

[Ms. Toad]

27. The claim isn't that she is using her position in government

but that for the next few years she will be one of the most photographed women in the world.

She hoped to grow her business based on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I agree that she can't use government property for personal gain (like the brief advertisement on Whitehouse.gov) - but I don't believe she has an official role/position in government just because she happens to be married to the president. The First Lady and First Children titles and duties are ceremonial, not official.

Do you have a cite for your assertion?

[fescuerescue]

45. I think you are correct

FOTUS is ceremonial role. unpaid, and not defined in law or constitution.

It's not as if you could ever impeach or fire the first lady or first children.

[Volaris]

36. Because her 'reputation' has been tarnished.

If I were the judge, I would tell her to discuss that with her husband, and then promptly kick her the hell out of my courtroom.

[fescuerescue]

44. I'm not sure about that

I don't think the position of First Lady is a formal role. Not defined in law or in the constitution.

[FSogol]

5. Grifters Gotta Grift

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

8. Ain't it the truth!

[irisblue]

6. grifters

[starshine00]

7. was it ever determined to be true?

I mean, I guess, could it be proven since anyone with a brain could figure out the truth. I think her nude photos online may have damaged her credibility more than her having been an escort...

[lpbk2713]

9. She makes Sarah Failin look like an amateur.

When will she start publishing ghost written books?

[JudyM]

10. Birds of a feather, we see you.

[Brother Buzz]

11. To Hell with morals and ehics, it just might be legal

And if it's not legal, Donnie will fix it.

[Glamrock]

12. Leave her alone!

She's a victim you know...

[milestogo]

14. How about a fragrance line called "Escort me"?

[fierywoman]

21. for someone selling high end skin care products

the pores on her face are awfully big -- terrible skin!

[jmowreader]

22. Her eyes are also a weird shape...

and the way they make them up really does her no favors.

[Retrograde]

24. Maybe she really, really likes raccoons

and wants to look like one. She has the weirdest eye makeup - and for someone who has access to big bucks she comes across looking cheap.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

28. Facelift?

[jmowreader]

29. She's had at least one, but I don't think that's the cause of this

If you look at the picture, her bottom lids are going up when they should be going down. (And this isn't the only picture where you see that.) It looks like she was born this way.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. I don't really know, but here is a before-after

[dalton99a]

32. There was no medical intervention

[3catwoman3]

35. Just surgical...

...intervention.

[jmowreader]

39. Who needs the "medical intervention" is her useless husband

I'm thinking butterfly nets and pounds of Thorazine.

[MFM008]

41. they pull the skin any tighter

You will be able to blind her with dental floss............

[FailureToCommunicate]

23. Such an oportunistic grifter!

[Retrograde]

25. Tacky, tacky

I miss having someone with real class in the White House.

BTW, how is she going to be one of "the most photographed women in the world" holed up in the Manhattan tower on our dimes?

[3catwoman3]

37. Well, we've seen more of her...

...epidermis than any other FLOTUS. If you total up square inches of skin displayed, she would win even if there were never another photo taken of her.

Her eyes are very odd looking. Almost like she can't open them all the way.

[lunasun]

30. I hope the cash me outside merch line out sells her stuff

Which has less class hard to tell

[logosoco]

33. So the new flotus pet project is

Personal profit! That is sure to make America great!

Wow! And this is actually in court documents? Interesting.

I wonder how the folks who made fun of Michelle Obama for trying to get kids to exercise and eat right will react to this news!

[marybourg]

34. But, but, but,

how about Michelle Obama growing a vegetable garden on the WH grounds! You lib'ruls didn't complain about that! And SHE wore a sleeveless dress! But the lying press just ignored that!

[WhiteTara]

38. Trump needs to trade her in.

She has wrinkles around her mouth...probably from frowning so much.

[Guilded Lilly]

40. This is just beyond surreal.

[oasis]

42. Gooooooldigger, she's the one, the one with the Midas touch,

the spider's touch.

[Hekate]

43. The whole damned family has the same expectations -- why not Melania as well? Grifters all.