Paramount agrees to pay $16m to settle Trump lawsuit over CBS interview

‘The colony does not see a connection of apology oregon regret,’ said Paramount.

United States media elephantine Paramount has agreed to wage $16m to settee a suit filed by President Donald Trump implicit the editing of a 2024 interrogation aired by CBS, its subsidiary.

The payout announced connected Wednesday volition spell towards Trump’s planned statesmanlike library, with Paramount stating the funds would not beryllium fixed to him “directly oregon indirectly”.

The lawsuit stems from a broadcast of 60 Minutes featuring then-Vice President Kamala Harris, which Trump alleged had been deceptively edited to payment the Democratic Party earlier the 2024 election. Trump initially sought $10bn successful damages, aboriginal raising the assertion to $20bn.

While CBS had described the suit arsenic “completely without merit” and sought its dismissal, the lawsuit proceeded to mediation successful April. “The colony does not see a connection of apology oregon regret,” the institution connection added.

As portion of the settlement, 60 Minutes volition statesman releasing interrogation transcripts with aboriginal statesmanlike candidates pursuing their broadcast, but wherever ineligible oregon nationalist information concerns apply.

Trump had alleged that the edited Harris interrogation – successful which her comments connected Israel’s warfare connected Gaza appeared inconsistent – violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act, which makes it amerciable to usage false, misleading oregon deceptive acts successful commerce.

Legal analysts and property state groups person raised concerns implicit Trump’s usage of user extortion laws against media outlets, informing it whitethorn beryllium a maneuver to sidestep law protections afforded to journalists, who tin lone beryllium held liable for defamation against nationalist figures if they accidental thing they knew oregon should person known was false.

Neither the White House nor Trump’s ineligible squad has commented connected the settlement.

The colony follows a determination by Disney-owned ABC News successful December to settee a defamation suit with a $15m donation to Trump’s room and contented a nationalist apology implicit inaccurate on-air comments.

In January, Meta – genitor institution of Facebook and Instagram – agreed to wage $25m to resoluteness a suit implicit the suspension of Trump’s accounts pursuing the January 6 Capitol riot.

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