U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden sued conservative news outlet Fox News on Monday for publishing nude photos and videos of him in a fictionalized “mock trial” show focused on his foreign business dealings.
Hunter Biden alleges Fox violated New York state’s so-called revenge porn law, which makes it illegal to publish intimate images of a person without their consent. He is also suing for unjust enrichment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Fox aired “The Trial of Hunter Biden: A Mock Trial for the American People” on its Fox Nation streaming platform in October 2022 but later took it down under threat of lawsuit by Biden’s attorneys.
Fox News said in a statement that its coverage of Hunter Biden and investigations into his conduct has been accurate and is protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
“This entirely politically motivated lawsuit is devoid of merit," Fox said, adding that it only removed the program out of an abundance of caution.
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