Hunter Biden Voluntarily Dismisses ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Mock Trial Miniseries
Hunter Biden has voluntarily dismissed his highly publicized ‘revenge porn’ lawsuit against Fox News Network, LLC, its parent company, Fox Corporation, and unidentified individuals associated with the network.
The lawsuit, which was filed in the New York Supreme Court last month, alleged that Fox News produced and disseminated a six-part miniseries titled “The Trial of Hunter Biden” that included unauthorized and intimate images of Biden.
The lawsuit, filed by Biden’s attorney Tina Glandian from Geragos & Geragos, APC, outlined that the miniseries, released on Fox Nation in October 2022, was a politically motivated campaign to “humiliate, harass, annoy, and alarm Mr. Biden, to tarnish his reputation, and for financial gain.”
The program featured actual emails and photos, including intimate images of Hunter Biden, which were allegedly used without his consent.
“The publication and dissemination of the Intimate Images in “The Trial of Hunter Biden” was not made in relation to a matter of legitimate public concern nor is it otherwise protected by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. On the contrary, the six-part mock trial is a fictionalized trial of a nonexistent case against Mr. Biden which was intended solely as entertainment and not as news,” according to the court document.
The lawsuit labeled the inclusion of these intimate images as a blatant violation of New York’s revenge porn laws.
“Fox knew that the majority of states had in effect laws against the nonconsensual disclosure of sexually explicit images and videos (also known as “revenge porn” laws),” according to the court document.
“Specifically, on information and belief, Fox knew that its use of the Intimate Images in “The Trial of Hunter Biden” would violate New York State’s revenge porn laws including New York Civil Rights Law Section 52-b and Penal Law Section 245.15 (making the unlawful dissemination or publication of an Intimate Image a class A misdemeanor), which had been in effect since September 21, 2019.”
The lawsuit claimed that the miniseries used hacked, stolen, and manipulated digital material intended to remain private and confidential, causing severe emotional distress, humiliation, and irreparable damage to his personal and professional reputation.
On Sunday, Hunter Biden’s legal team announced that they were dropping the lawsuit without prejudice. No official reason was provided.
#BREAKING: Hunter Biden has just DROPPED his lawsuit against Fox News
Interesting timing! pic.twitter.com/IojAFLhdSM
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 22, 2024
This new development comes after Joe Biden’s recent decision to withdraw from the presidential race. Hunter Biden issued a statement shortly after his father’s announcement.
For my entire life, I’ve looked at my dad in awe. How could he suffer so much heartache and yet give so much of whatever remained of his heart to others?
Not only in the policies he passed, but in the individual lives he’s touched.
Over a lifetime I have witnessed him absorb the pain of countless everyday Americans who he’s given his personal phone number to, because he wanted them to call him when they were hurting. When their last hopes were slipping through their hands.
That unconditional love has been his North Star as a President, and as a parent. He is unique in public life today in that there is no distance between Joe Biden the man and Joe Biden the public servant of the last 54 years.
I’m so lucky every night I get to tell him I love him, and to thank him. I ask all Americans to join me tonight in doing the same.
Thank you, Mr. President. I love you, Dad.
— Naomi Biden (@NaomiBiden) July 21, 2024
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