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The UK’s Daily Mail newspaper has agreed to pay damages and costs to the first lady of the United States over an article about her modelling career.
The newspaper had reported allegations that Melania Trump once worked as an escort, but later retracted its article.
The story was published during the US election campaign last year.
Mrs Trump accepted damages and an apology from the newspaper at London’s High Court.
She filed her lawsuit in February, seeking damages of $150m (£120m). The amount accepted by Mrs Trump was not disclosed in court. However, reports suggest the payout was closer to $3 million, including legal costs and damages.
In its apology, the Daily Mail acknowledged it had published “allegations that she provided services beyond simply modelling”. The article also claimed that Mr and Mrs Trump may have met three years before they actually did, and later “staged” their first meeting.
“We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true,” the newspaper said.
A lawyer for Mrs Trump told the London court the allegations “strike at the heart of the claimant’s personal integrity and dignity”.