梅拉尼婭·川普的律師團於周四現身馬裡蘭州法院，要求《每日郵報》支付1億5千萬美元的賠償金。此外，身為共和黨總統候選人唐納·川普妻子的她還同時起訴了馬裡蘭州的博主韋伯斯特·塔普利。
In a statement, Trump’s lawyer, Charles Harder, said: 「These defendants made several statements about Mrs Trump that are 100% false and tremendously damaging to her personal and professional reputation [and] broadcast their lies to millions of people throughout the US and the world – without any justification.
梅拉尼婭的律師查爾斯·哈德爾在聲明中稱：「被告針對原告的報導純屬子虛烏有，嚴重破壞了原告的個人及職業聲譽，此外，被告還無故向全美及全球數百萬民眾散布了關於原告的謠言。」
「Their many lies include, among others, that Mrs Trump supposedly was an 『escort』 in the 1990s before she met her husband. Defendants』 actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs Trump that her damages are estimated at $150m.」
「他們捏造的種種謊言包括：20世紀90年代，在結識丈夫之前，川普夫人似乎做過『陪遊』。被告極端惡劣的惡毒行為傷害了川普夫人，因此被告應向原告支付約1億5千萬美元的賠償金。」
The suit was filed in Montgomery County, in suburban Washington DC, in response to articles published in August by the Daily Mailwhich reported rumors that Trump worked as an escort in the 1990s.
《每日郵報》於8月份刊登了幾篇造謠川普夫人曾於20世紀90年代做過陪遊的文章，對此川普夫人向華盛頓城郊區的蒙哥馬利縣法院提起了訴訟。
Last month, announcing that Trump was considering a suit, her lawyer called those rumors 「100% false」.
上個月，川普夫人的律師宣布川普夫人正在考慮起訴，律師稱那些謠言「百分百是假的」。
The Daily Mailarticle also contained allegations that Trump came to New York a year earlier than she has claimed, raising issues about her immigration status. Trump denied a story in Politicoin which questions about her immigration status were first reported.
《每日郵報》刊登的文章還宣稱川普夫人移居紐約的時間比她所說的時間早了一年，這意味著她的移民身份有假。《政治家》最先質疑了她的移民身份，她則否認了他們的報導。
The lawsuit noted that while the article in question had been removed from the Daily Mail’s website, the newspaper had yet to apologize or formally retract. The Mail included a retraction of the story in its Friday UK print edition.
訴訟方指出：雖然《每日郵報》已將爭議文章撤下網站，但卻尚未在報紙上致歉或正式撤回報紙上的文章。《每日郵報》已在本周五的英國版報紙上刊登撤回聲明。
「We did not intend to state or suggest that these allegations are true,」 the newspaper said, 「nor did we intend to state or suggest that Mrs Trump ever worked as an 『escort』 or in the 『sex business』.」 It added that its article had included denials from a Trump spokesperson and the owner of the modelling agency in question, and said it regretted 「any such misinterpretation」.
《每日郵報》說：「我們無意宣稱或暗示那些針對移民身份的指控是真的，我們也無意宣稱或暗示川普夫人曾做過『陪遊』或『應召女』。」《每日郵報》還說自己刊登的文章涵蓋了川普夫人發言人和事件牽涉的模特經紀公司老闆的否認之辭，它為「任何導致他人誤解的言辭」而感到懊悔。
The retraction was also posted online. 「The Daily Mailnewspaper and MailOnline/DailyMail.com have entirely separate editors and journalistic teams,」 it added. 「In so far as MailOnline/DailyMail.com published the same article it wholeheartedly also retracts the above and also regrets any such misinterpretation.」
撤回聲明還被發布在網站上。《每日郵報》補充說：「報紙版和網絡版的編輯及記者團隊是相互獨立的，發表了相同文章的網站也誠心誠意地撤回了文章並為誤導大眾而感到懊悔。」
Asked if the retraction would affect the suit, Harder replied: 「It does not.」
被問及撤回文章是否會影響訴訟時，哈德爾回覆說：「不會。」
Tarpley’s blogpost, which has been retracted, claimed, per the suit, that 「it is widely known Melania was not a working model but rather a high-end escort」 and that she had a 「mental breakdown」 after a plagiarism controversy over her speech to the Republican national convention in Cleveland in July.
塔普利在現已撤回的博文中稱：「大家都知道梅拉尼婭不是職業模特而是高級陪遊女，」7月份時，梅拉尼婭曾在克利夫蘭舉行的共和黨全國大會上發表演講並深陷抄襲風波，之後她為此「精神崩潰了」。
英文來源：衛報
翻譯：周瑾（中國日報網愛新聞iNews譯者）
審校&編輯：丹妮