Hunter Biden Revives Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Explicit Images Used In Streaming Series

NEW YORK — Hunter Biden has renewed a lawsuit accusing Fox News of illegally distributing sexual photographs of him as part of a streaming series.

The president’s son first sued Fox in New York in July for footage from the Fox Nation series “The Trial of Hunter ,” which is a “mock trial” of Hunter on accusations he has not faced. He dismissed the complaint without explanation three weeks later, on the same day that President Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 contest.

Hunter Biden Revives Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Explicit Images Used In Streaming Series

Hunter filed a nearly identical lawsuit in Manhattan state court on Tuesday, claiming that the distribution of intimate photographs without his consent violates New York’s so-called revenge porn legislation. The latest lawsuit names one current Fox executive and one past executive as defendants.

Tina Glandian, Biden’s attorney, did not immediately reply to questions about why the lawsuit was renewed.

In a petition on Tuesday, Fox requested that the matter be transferred to federal court. The corporation released a statement calling the second action “once again devoid of any merit.”

Hunter Biden Revives Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Explicit Images Used In Streaming Series

“The core complaint stems from a 2022 streaming program that Mr. Biden did not complain about until sending a letter in late April 2024,” according to the statement. “The program was removed within days of that letter, in an abundance of caution, but Hunter is a public figure who has been the subject of multiple investigations and is now a convicted felon.”

Biden was convicted in July on three felony gun counts stemming from the purchase of a revolver in 2018. The six-part Fox Nation series portrayed a dramatized court session involving several fake charges.

SOURCE | AP