Fox News Denies Defaming Playboy Model Who Claims Trump Affair
- Network says Tucker Carlson extortion comment was opinion
- Karen McDougal received $150,000 payment from Trump pal Pecker
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Fox News asked a judge to toss a former Playboy model’s defamation suit claiming the network falsely accused her of trying to extort money from Donald Trump, with whom she says she had an affair before he became president.
Karen McDougal sued Fox in December over a statement host Tucker Carlson made on his Dec. 10, 2018, show. “Two women approached Donald Trump and threatened to ruin his career and humiliate his family if he doesn’t give them money,” he said. “Now that sounds like a classic case of extortion.”