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kskiska

(27,045 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 04:09 PM Feb 2017

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.

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

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Melania Trumps lawyers admit she hoped to cash in on being First Lady (Original Post) kskiska Feb 2017 OP
Most people plan on writing a book. Well . . . . . . Hoyt Feb 2017 #1
anyone surprised? MFM008 Feb 2017 #2

MFM008

(19,808 posts)
2. anyone surprised?
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 04:22 PM
Feb 2017

She was probably pretty tweeked when they removed her link to sell her crap
on gov.com.

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