Paramount settles Trump's ‘60 Minutes' lawsuit for US$16 million
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Paramount said it would pay US$16 million to settle the suit with the money allocated to Trump's future presidential library, and not paid to Trump 'directly or indirectly'.
'The settlement does not include a statement of apology or regret,' the company statement added.
Trump filed a US$10-billion lawsuit against CBS in October, alleging the network deceptively edited an interview that aired on its 60 Minutes news show with then vice-president and presidential candidate Kamala Harris to 'tip the scales in favour of the Democratic Party' in the election. In an amended complaint filed in February, Trump bumped his claim for damages to US$20 billion.
Kamala Harris in the 60 Minutes interview last year. File photo: CBS
CBS aired two versions of the Harris interview in which she appears to give different answers to the same question about the war between Israel and Hamas, according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Texas.
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