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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Jim Yango Fantonial

Melania Trump Escalates $1B Feud With 'Preposterous' New Legal Move Against Author Over Epstein Claims

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump give speeches at a Military Mothers’ Day event on 6 May 2026. (Credit: whitehouse.gov/gallery)

Melania Trump has escalated her $1 billion feud with author Michael Wolff in a New York federal court, asking a judge to sanction his legal team over a failed attempt to shield his reporting about Jeffrey Epstein.

At a hearing in Manhattan, lawyers for Melania confirmed they plan to seek penalties against Wolff's side, accusing him and his counsel of bringing a frivolous anti‑SLAPP lawsuit that was already dismissed in May.

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