{"id":3716,"date":"2025-08-15T17:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3716"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T17:29:17","slug":"melania-trump-threatens-to-sue-hunter-biden-for-1-billion-over-defamatory-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=3716","title":{"rendered":"Melania Trump Threatens to Sue Hunter Biden for $1 Billion over \u2018Defamatory\u2019 Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Melania Trump Plans $1B Lawsuit<\/strong><br>First Lady Melania Trump intends to sue Hunter Biden for over $1 billion, accusing him of falsely claiming Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump. Her lawyers call the statement \u201cfalse, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory\u201d and demand a public retraction and apology. They allege the claim caused \u201coverwhelming financial and reputational harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/d911c5eef1c8facc5121ed997d94f5e29c5ad1ed9a4392a04f657be5bea234f4.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter Biden during an event to celebrate the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams on the South Lawn of the White House on September 30, 2024 | Source: Getty Images\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hunter Biden\u2019s Comments<\/strong><br>Hunter made the allegation in an interview, also linking it to journalist Michael Wolff. When asked if he\u2019d apologize to avoid the lawsuit, he replied, \u201c[expletive] that. That\u2019s not going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/ee5834879aaed197bd56c5cf8f09d2fb3539be4a515182ebffeca4a11a8bfb4e.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, joined by Melania, delivers remarks during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025 in Washington, DC | Source: Getty Images\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Evidence and Retractions<\/strong><br>No evidence supports Hunter\u2019s claim. The Daily Beast retracted a related article and apologized after receiving a letter from Melania\u2019s attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/abbb666bafb022cf07b6a7fac40d30d5ac9d4fb4d0771e988347441cbac06e1b.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, on February 12, 2000 | Source: Getty Images\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How They Really Met<\/strong><br>Melania says she met Donald at a 1998 Fashion Week party hosted by Paolo Zampolli. \u201cI wanted to see what kind of number he would give me,\u201d she recalled, later praising his \u201camazing sense of vitality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.amomama.com\/12c2f346da587a874a6ea6b7fcb77d22e261e346aeb0ed1972e38826f7dc6b16.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Melania Knauss as they attend a premiere of &quot;Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace,&quot; in New York on May 16, 1999 | Source: Getty Images\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melania Trump Plans $1B LawsuitFirst Lady Melania Trump intends to sue Hunter Biden for over $1 billion, accusing him of falsely claiming Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump. Her lawyers call the statement \u201cfalse, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory\u201d and demand a public retraction and apology. 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