HarperCollins UK Removes Melania Trump Claims, Apologizes
HarperCollins UK said Tuesday it has removed passages from Andrew Lownie’s August book 'Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York' that referenced unverified claims that Jeffrey Epstein introduced Melania Trump to Donald Trump, and issued a formal apology to the First Lady. The publisher said copies containing those passages are being pulled from distribution; the development follows prior retractions and apologies by other outlets and legal threats related to the allegation.
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📌 Key Facts
- HarperCollins UK issued a statement saying it removed passages referencing unverified claims about Melania Trump and apologized; affected copies are being permanently removed from distribution.
- The book in question is 'Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York' by Andrew Lownie, published in August 2025.
- Melania Trump’s representatives have disputed the Epstein-introduction claim (she says she met Donald Trump at NYC’s Kit Kat Club in 1998); her attorneys previously sent a reported $1 billion legal notice to Hunter Biden over similar public comments, and The Daily Beast retracted an article that had repeated the allegation.