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…
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 2018, shortly before Cohen was sentenced, Carlson devoted a segment of his show to the case. In it, he said McDougal “approached Donald Trump and threatened to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn’t give them money,” and that she engaged in a “classic case of extortion.”But Vyskocil wrote that Carlson was engaging in a kind of hyperbole. She wrote that “the context in which the offending statements were made here make it abundantly clear that Mr. Carlson was not accusing Ms.
“When the statements are read in context, it is apparent that Mr. Carlson is remarking on hypocrisy he perceives, i.e. that Mr. Cohen could be prosecuted, and the President impeached, for actions falling short of the conduct Ms. McDougal purportedly engaged in during the President’s campaign. In light of that, Mr. Carlson’s statements are “a statement on matters of public concern” that deserve the highest protection.
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