Melania Trump may continue to file a lawsuit against blogger Webster Tarpley who reported that the First Lady used to work as a high-end escort. Although he did not explicitly claim that she was once an escort according to a circuit court in Maryland, he is still responsible for lack of fact-finding.

Judge Sharon Burrell ruled that Melania Trump can pursue the $150 million defamation lawsuit according to a report by Forbes. Checking facts are considered part of basic journalistic standards. Burell said that "there can be no more defamatory statement than to call a woman a prostitute."

Danielle Giroux, Tarpley's lawyer, said that his client has been accurate in his report that there were rumours that Melania Trump's modelling career has included work as a high-end escort according to a report by The Guardian. However, Melania Trump's lawyer, Charles Harder, said that defamatory statements cannot be made by reporters under the guise of reporting rumours. Harder insisted that Tarpley could have verified his facts, while Giroux argued that reporters do not only publish statements which he knows are true.

Melania Trump is also reported to file a lawsuit against Mail Media, the affiliate of British tabloid newspaper Daily Mail in the United States. The publication's attorney has already made an argument that Maryland is the wrong forum for the suit. However, Harder said that the website has 40 million views a year in Maryland, which gives the court a jurisdiction over the libel case. Burrell did not immediately issue a ruling on Daily Mail's appeal to escape the suit in Maryland, an action reported to be leaning towards dismissing the case.

A lawsuit has already been filed against Daily Mail in London, United Kingdom where libel laws are more harsh and strict. Tarpley and Daily Mail are reported to have already retracted the report of Melania Trump working as a high end escort in the past.

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