A federal judge just torched a high\u2011profile lawsuit involving Melania Trump. In open court, she called it \u201ccontorted,\u201d accused the journalist behind it of \u201ctactical gamesmanship,\u201d and threw the case out. But that was only the beginning. As explosive Epstein rumors, retracted articles, and claims of a \u201csham marriage\u201d collide with threats of crushing lawsuits, both sides are now locked in a bitter, reputationa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the dismissed case, journalist Michael Wolff tried to turn Melania Trump\u2019s legal threats against him into a preemptive strike, suing her first after she demanded he retract comments tying her to Jeffrey Epstein and calling the Trump marriage a \u201csham\u201d and \u201ctrophy\u201d union. Federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil refused to play along, condemning the maneuver as a \u201ccontorted\u201d use of the courts and sending the dispute back to be handled like any other state case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Melania Trump, through her lawyer and spokesperson, framed the clash as a stand against \u201cmalicious and defamatory falsehoods\u201d by people chasing \u201cundeserved attention and money.\u201d She has repeatedly and emphatically denied any association with Epstein, insisting the \u201clies\u201d must end and urging Congress to let victims testify under oath. While Wolff claims his words were opinion and taken out of context, the message from the bench was unmistakable: courtroom theatrics will not decide this reputational war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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