{"id":116,"date":"2026-05-23T04:09:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=116"},"modified":"2026-05-23T04:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:09:56","slug":"judge-throws-out-author-michael-wolffs-lawsuit-against-melania-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Judge throws out author Michael Wolff\u2019s lawsuit against Melania Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

A judge threw out author Michael Wolff\u2019s lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump on Friday, ruling that his \u201ccontorted\u201d attempt to prevent her from suing him for $1 billion over his statements about her and Jeffrey Epstein \u201cis not how the federal courts work.\u201d<\/p>

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Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil in federal court in Manhattan chided Wolff for an \u201cinappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship\u201d and said she \u201cwill not be conscripted to oversee an abusively presented spat.\u201d<\/p>

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Vyskocil, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, agreed that Wolff and the first lady \u201chave a real dispute,\u201d but said \u201cthey must litigate it according to the same procedures as everyone else.\u201d<\/p>

Wolff sued Melania Trump last October after her lawyer, Alejandro Brito, told him in a letter that she would be \u201cleft with no alternative\u201d but to sue him if he didn\u2019t retract statements that the lawyer said had caused her \u201coverwhelming reputational and financial harm.\u201d<\/p>

Wolff wanted a judge to declare that he did not defame the first lady and that, were she to pursue a lawsuit against him, she would be liable for costs, fees and unspecified monetary damages.<\/p>

Wolff originally sued in state court in New York under a law barring lawsuits designed to silence critics. Such lawsuits are known as SLAPPs, or strategic lawsuits against public participation. Brito then had the case transferred to federal court and later sought to have it dismissed or moved to a federal court in Florida.<\/p>

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Vyskocil, in her 45-page decision, said that while federal court does have jurisdiction, she was declining to exercise it and \u201cdismisses this case to be litigated like any other.\u201d<\/p>

Nick Clemens, a spokesperson for Melania Trump, said she \u201cis proud to continue standing up to, and fighting against, those who spread malicious and defamatory falsehoods as they desperately try to get undeserved attention and money from their unlawful conduct.\u201d<\/p>

In April, Melania Trump made a statement at the White House denying any affiliation with Epstein, the millionaire financier and convicted sex offender who killed himself in jail in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.<\/p>

Reading prepared remarks, the first lady said she and her lawyers were fighting back against \u201cunfound and baseless lies\u201d that suggested she had ties to Epstein.<\/p>

\u201cThe lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today,\u201d Melania Trump said. \u201cThe individuals lying about me are devoid of ethical standards, humility and respect. I do not object to their ignorance, but rather I reject their mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation.\u201d<\/p>

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