Daily Mail Pays Melania Trump $2.9 Million to Settle Lawsuit

The Daily Mail has apologized to Melania Trump and agreed to pay damages to settle a lawsuit filed by the first lady after the publisher made false claims about her work as a professional model. Trump will be paid about $2.9 million in damages and costs, according to a source familiar with the settlement. Trump filed a suit against the Mail Online in September, accusing it of making false and defamatory statements. The suit, which asked for at least $150 million in damages, was later moved from Maryland to New York. Trump also filed suit against the Daily Mail in the United Kingdom. The Daily Mail is a tabloid newspaper in Britain, but it also publishes a digital version with significant readership in the United States.