That’s how the Telegraph acknowledged the “number of false
statements” the British paper recently published about Melania Trump’s life.
The story at the heart of the apology, “The mystery of
Melania,” was written by American author Nina Burleigh and reportedly prompted
Trump to demand that the record by corrected.
The falsehoods, according to the Telegraph, include
portraying Melania Trump’s father as “a fearsome presence,” claiming she
struggled in her modeling career before Donald Trump came along, and misstating
that the two met in 1996, when the couple actually first met in 1998.
The president, of course, chimed in on Twitter:
The amount of the damages was not specified in this case,
but Melania Trump was previously awarded almost $3 million in a lawsuit brought
against the Daily Mail for false and defamatory statements about her.
“Mrs. Trump often refers to opportunists out to advance
themselves by disparaging her name and image,” Trump’s communications director
said in a statement to CNN. “She will not sit by as people and media outlets
make up lies and false assertions in a race for ratings or to sell tabloid
headlines.”
Burleigh, for her part, refused to admit any wrongdoing.
“The book has been out since October, and excerpted widely
in various U.S. publications without a peep of objection,” she told the Daily
Beast in a statement on Saturday. “I stand by my reporting.”
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