Melania Trump, the first lady, threatened to sue Hunter Biden if he did not take back remarks that connected her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Biden, the son of former President Joe Biden, made two remarks in an interview with British journalist Andrew Callaghan this month that Trump finds offensive. He claimed that Epstein introduced Donald Trump, who is currently president, to the first lady.
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In a letter to Biden, Alejandro Brito, Melania Trump’s attorney, claimed that the claims were incredibly lurid, false, and defamatory. He claimed that the first lady suffered severe financial and reputational damage as a result of Biden’s comments, which were extensively shared on social media and covered by international media sources.
The Epstein remarks came during a lengthy interview in which Biden attacked Democratic Party leaders and others who he claims denigrated his father prior to his withdrawal from the presidential race last year.
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Melania was introduced to Trump by Epstein. In one of the remarks that Trump contests, Biden stated, “The connections are, like, so wide and deep.” Biden credited the assertion to author Michael Wolff, whom Trump called a Third Rate Reporter in June. He has charged Wolff with fabricating tales to promote his novels.
The first lady’s threats are reminiscent of her husband’s preferred tactic, which has been to aggressively pursue detractors through litigation. The odds are stacked against public personalities like the Trumps in a defamation case.
The president and first lady have long claimed that modeling agency Paolo Zampolli introduced them at a gathering during New York Fashion Week in 1998.
First revealed by Fox News Digital on Wednesday, the letter is dated August 6.
A request for comment late Wednesday was not immediately answered by Abbe Lowell, a lawyer who has defended Biden in his criminal charges and to whom Brito’s letter is addressed.
