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Karen McDougal sues Fox News for defamation over alleged Trump
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Former Playboy model Karen McDougal sued Fox News on Thursday claiming that host Tucker Carlson defamed her on his show by falsely claiming that she tried to blackmail Donald Trump about the affair she says they had before he was elected president.
Karen McDougal, a former Playboy model, said in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan state court that Tucker Carlson defamed her on his Dec. 10, 2018, show when he said: “Two women approached Donald Trump and threatened to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn’t give them money.
Now that sounds like a classic case of extortion.”
McDougal said she is seeking damages from Fox for harming her reputation and said the cable channel is responsible for the comments made last year by Carlson, who is not named as a defendant in this suit.
“Carlson’s statements were intentionally false and made with reckless disregard for the truth,” McDougal’s lawyer stated in her suit filed in the Supreme Court of the state of New York.
“McDougal never approached Trump and threatened to ruin his career or humiliate his family if he did not give her money.”
In response to a request for comment, Fox News released this statement: “Fox News will vigorously defend Tucker Carlson against these meritless claims.”
There was no immediate response from the White House to the lawsuit, but the White House and a lawyer for Trump have previously denied he had a relationship with McDougal.