Hunter Biden reignited his legal case against Fox News on Tuesday, accusing the media giant of illegally airing explicit images of himself on its streaming series.
Hunter filed the lawsuit in Manhattan state court, echoing claims made in a now-withdrawn July filing that the unauthorized dissemination of intimate images violated New York’s revenge porn law. According to To the Associated Press. The allegations stemmed from the Fox Nation series “The Trial of Hunter Biden,” which dramatized court proceedings against Hunter on fictitious charges that differed from the actual felony firearm conviction Hunter faced. There is.
The new filing includes current and former Fox executives as defendants, according to the Associated Press. Fox News responded by asking for the lawsuit to be transferred to federal court, which dismissed the claims as baseless.
Hunter Biden revives lawsuit against Fox News over explicit images used in streaming series https://t.co/7vTWg6Uhuj
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“The core of the complaint stems from the 2022 streaming program, which Mr. Biden did not complain about until he sent the letter in late April 2024,” Fox’s statement said, as reported by the Associated Press. It is said that “While this program was removed within days of that letter out of an abundance of caution, Hunter Biden is a public figure who is the subject of multiple investigations and is currently a convicted felon. be.” (Related: Hunter Biden’s lawyer asks judge to delay ruling so Biden and Harris administration officials can ‘submit letters’ of support)
Hunter dropped his lawsuit against Fox News hours after President Joe Biden withdrew from his 2024 re-election campaign in July. The suit criticized the series for depicting Hunter facing unprosecuted charges, including violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and bribery.
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