First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, has formally accused Hunter Biden of defamation and is threatening legal action over statements he made suggesting she was introduced to Donald Trump by Jeffrey Epstein.
The claims were made in a recent YouTube interview and have triggered a sharp legal response. Melania Trump has issued a $1 billion legal notice to Hunter Biden, alleging that he made "false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements" about her concerning her connections with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
In a video interview titled "Hunter Biden Returns", posted in early August 2025 by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, Biden claimed, “Epstein introduced Melania to Trump." The connections are, like, so wide and deep. He repeated this suggestion, stating, “Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania, and that’s how Melania and the first lady and the President met.”
These claims seem to echo allegations previously reported by journalist Michael Wolff and shared by The Daily Beast, which have since been retracted.
Melania Trump’s legal team, led by Alejandro Brito, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter Biden and his attorney, Abbe Lowell. The letter, obtained by Fox News Digital, demands an immediate retraction, a public apology, and the preservation of all related records, including communications and files.
"These false, disparaging, defamatory, and inflammatory statements are extremely salacious and have been widely disseminated throughout various digital mediums," Brito wrote in the letter addressed to Biden and his attorney Abbe Lowell, according to Fox News.
Brito urged Biden to issue a prominent retraction of the video and all other false or damaging statements about Trump noting that if he does not comply with the demands, “Mrs. Trump will be left with no alternative but to enforce her legal and equitable rights, all of which are expressly reserved and are not waived, including by filing legal action for over $1 Billion Dollars in damages."
Biden missed the deadline to comply with the demands, according to a source familiar with the matter, reported Fox News. The letter set a deadline of August 7 at 5:00 PM EST for Biden to retract the statements and issue an apology.
A source close to the situation told Fox News Digital that Biden did not comply. Instead, his team allegedly leaked the letter to a sympathetic journalist, which the source says indicates Biden's worry about potential liability.
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