Melania Trump has settled a lawsuit with the Daily Mail, after the publication made false allegations about her former duties as a professional model.
The Mail will pay the US First Lady libel damages, although the amount has not been disclosed, reports The Guardian. The tabloid published a double-page spread last July, accusing her of having worked as an escort.
The newspaper and its website, the Mail Online, will run the following apology:
"The Daily Mail newspaper and the Mail Online/DailyMail.com website published an article on 20 August 2016 about Melania Trump, which questioned the nature of her work as a professional model, and republished allegations that she provided services beyond simply modelling.
"The article included statements that Mrs Trump denied the allegations and Paulo Zampolli, who ran the modelling agency, also denied the allegations, and the article also stated that there was no evidence to support the allegations. The article also claimed that Mr and Mrs Trump may have met three years before they actually met, and 'staged' their actual meeting as a 'ruse'.
We accept that these allegations about Mrs Trump are not true and we retract and withdraw them. We apologise to Mrs Trump for any distress that our publication caused her. To settle Mrs Trump's two lawsuits against us, we have agreed to pay her damages and costs."
