Wednesday, October 22, 2025 - Melania Trump is at the center of a new legal showdown, this time with journalist and author Michael Wolff, who has filed a lawsuit accusing the First Lady of trying to block the publication of his upcoming tell-all book about her life.
According to court filings obtained by TMZ, Wolff claims
Melania “deliberately and maliciously interfered” with his publishing contract
and defamed him through public statements related to his forthcoming book, “The
Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux).”
Wolff alleges that Melania and her team spread false and
damaging claims, accusing him of fabricating interviews, intimidating sources,
and “manufacturing lies for profit.” These allegations, he says, frightened off
international distributors and caused him to lose a multi-million-dollar
publishing deal.
The journalist further asserts that he has evidence showing
Melania personally directed a public relations firm to contact media outlets
and threaten legal action if they promoted or covered his upcoming book —
describing it as a “calculated campaign to destroy his reputation and
livelihood.”
As part of his lawsuit, Wolff included a letter from
Melania’s attorneys demanding he retract and apologize for remarks he made to
The Daily Beast linking her to convicted s3x offender Jeffrey Epstein. In that
interview, Wolff claimed Melania was “very involved” in the Epstein scandal and
suggested she could be a key connection in Donald Trump’s alleged ties to
Epstein, accusations her lawyers have firmly denied as “false and
defamatory.”
Wolff is asking the court to issue a declaration that the
statements in his book are not defamatory, and to rule that if Melania Trump
continues efforts to harass, intimidate, or obstruct publication, she will be
liable for damages.
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