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FILE PHOTO - First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald
Trump (not pictured) attend the 60th Annual Red Cross Gala at
Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
U.S. first lady Melania Trump speaks during a visit to Excel
Academy Public Charter School in Washington
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania
Trump arrive at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm
Beach
President Donald Trump's wife, 46, had sued the publisher of the
Daily Mail in Britain and also filed a $150 million (120 million
pound) lawsuit against it in New York, claiming the article had
cost her millions of dollars in potential business.
A person familiar with the situation said the settlement was
worth less than $3 million, including legal costs and damages.
The Daily Mail, which runs what it calls the world's largest
English-language newspaper website, apologized for the article
on Wednesday and issued a retraction on its home page.
"An article on 20th August 2016 about Melania Trump...
questioned the nature of her work as a professional model, and
republished allegations that she provided services beyond simply
modeling," publisher Associated Newspapers said.
"We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true
and we retract and withdraw them .... we have agreed to pay her
damages and costs."
At the High Court in London, Trump's lawyer said the article,
headlined "Racy photos and troubling questions about his wife's
past that could derail Trump", was published as a two-page
spread and accompanied by an old photo of Melania Trump standing
naked with her front against a wall but looking back at the
camera.
"Readers of the newspaper that day could not fail to miss the
article", John Kelly told the court. "The article included false
and defamatory claims about the claimant which questioned the
nature of her work as a professional model.
"The suggestion that such allegations even merit investigation
is deeply offensive and has caused a great deal of upset and
distress to the claimant," he said.
(Reporting by Costas Pitas, Michael Holden and Kate Holton;
editing by Stephen Addison)
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