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Harder is also known to be overseeing as many as two other lawsuits against Gawker as part of Thiel's elaborate scheme to obliterate the company for reporting factual information not to his liking. Harder, the very same lawyer who represented Hulk Hogan in his successful suit against Gawker and the very same same lawyer financed by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel.

You see, the letter was sent by none other than Charles J. But the validity of the claims may not matter much, considering the lawsuit could just be another tactic to financially ruin the media organization. Gawker notes how the "defamatory" statements in question are actually culled from Ivari's own marketing materials and public records. It also says the story inflicted emotional distress and committed "tortious interference." It threatens legal action and demands Gawker take the story down, post an apology, and reveal its unnamed sources used in the investigation.Ī Gawker investigation on Trump's hair inflicted emotional distress Now, Edward Ivari, the owner of the company, had a letter sent to Gawker on his behalf calling the story "false and defamatory" and an invasion of privacy.
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The story is a must-read deep dive into what's known as "microcylinder intervention," and how Trump may have paid $60,000, plus constant maintenance fees, to Ivari to preserve his signature comb over. Gawker journalist Ashley Feinberg published a multi-thousand word investigative piece last month looking into Trump's hair and the shadowy circumstances around its upkeep. Gawker Media's latest legal challenge is a lawsuit threat from the owner of Ivari International, which is alleged to have performed a costly hair restoration treatment on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
