Ted Johnson A federal judge on Thursday tossed out a defamation claim against Fox News brought by Karen McDougal, the former Playboy model who claimed to have had an affair with Donald Trump.McDougal had sued the network over remarks that Tucker Carlson made on one of his shows about her.
But U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote in her opinion that Carlson was making a statement of opinion, not fact, so a defamation claim was not actionable.In 2016, McDougal was paid $150,000 by National Enquirer parent American Media Inc.
for the rights to her story, but it was in fact a “catch and kill” effort to keep her silent in advance of the 2016 presidential election.
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