Melania Trump vs the Daily Mail: What's going on?

Ethics experts question First Lady's motivations for lawsuit against UK newspaper

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Melania Trump has filed a £120m lawsuit against the Daily Mail for reporting rumours that she worked as a high-end escort in the 1990s. The newspaper has since said it did not intend to imply that the allegations were true.

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