Melania Trump warns Hunter Biden of billion dollar legal action over ‘false' Epstein comments
Melania is seeking an apology and for the content to be removed following Hunter's 'false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory' remarks.
The first lady reportedly put the former crack addict on a $US1 billion notice for claiming that Melania met Donald Trump through Jeffrey Epstein.
A letter exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital was sent to Hunter and his attorney by Melania's litigation counsel, Alejandro Brito.
In the letter, Brito demanded Hunter 'immediately retract the false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements made about Mrs. Trump.'
'Failure to comply will leave Mrs. Trump with no choice but to pursue any and all legal rights and remedies available to her to recover the overwhelming financial and reputational harm that you have caused her to suffer,' Brito's letter read.
The former crack addicts came in an interview with Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, which was later posted to YouTube in early August.
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