Lindell, represented by attorney Charles Harder, fired back with a federal lawsuit claiming that the Daily Mail story was “bogus.” The lawsuit said that Lindell is “a reverent family man prominent in his church community” and an “alcoholic who frequently writes and speaks publicly about his spiritual triumphs over substance abuse.”
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Mr. Harder won a $2.925 million settlement payment, with a full retraction and apology, on behalf of client First Lady Melania Trump in a defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail. Mr. Harder defeated two federal lawsuits filed by Stormy Daniels on behalf of client President Trump, and also won a $293,000 award of attorneys’ fees and sanctions for the client.
Jan 23, 2021 · Charles Harder. Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow who moonlighted as an advisor to President Donald Trump, has hired famous defamation attorney Charles Harder to sue the Daily Mail after the outlet published a report claiming Lindell had an affair with actress Jane Krakowski. Harder confirmed his representation of Lindell to Law&Crime on Saturday after a …
Nov 17, 2016 · Charles Harder, the media lawyer who ground Gawker.com to dust, is your man. ... In September he filed a $150 million defamation suit …
Sep 23, 2021 · Harder had become a go-to for the Trumps in several cases against news organizations after he forced the Daily Mail to pay Melania Trump a $2.9 million settlement over a since-retracted story ...
Harder graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a Bachelor of Arts degree, in 1991. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, in 1996. After completing law school, Harder served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge A. Andrew Hauk, in Los Angeles.
Harder is best known for representing Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) in the Bollea v. Gawker case.
Harder, Charles (April 5, 2016). "Hulk Hogan's Lead Lawyer Explains How His Team Beat "Arrogant," "Defiant" Gawker". The Hollywood Reporter.
Sometimes when people lie and lie, they become emboldened that they can get away with anything, and then they tell bigger and bigger lies against various people, some of whom can afford to bring an action. The takeaway is that news organisations need to be responsible, just like lawyers, doctors, and teachers.”.
He attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he became involved in student politics, and later enrolled in law school at Loyola. “I grew out of politics and when I was in law school, I needed a job after I finished to pay off all my student loans, which were massive,” he says.
Charles Harder is in a combative mood. Hollywood’s top entertainment lawyer, fresh from a $140m lawsuit against Gawker on behalf of Hulk Hogan, is representing Melania Trump, potential first lady of the United States, in a $150m lawsuit against the UK’s Daily Mail, just months before the presidential election.
He went on to work for a series of firms before starting his own, and made a name for himself representing high-profile clients such as Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, and Clint Eastwood, mainly in disputes involving advertising.
Around the same time, Gawker posted a clip from the former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan’s sex tape. Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, hired personal lawyer David Houston to ask Gawker to remove the video, and when the publisher refused, citing first amendment rights, Houston asked Harder to file a lawsuit against Gawker and its founder, ...
The actual malice standard basically says, ‘OK, you do have defamation but there’s an additional standard that needs to be overcome if you’re a public figure.’”. Nick Denton, founder of Gawker, clashed with Terry Bollea, AKA Hulk Hogan, before the site declared bankruptcy. Photograph: Pool/Reuters.
More than 30 women have now come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, the man once described as 'God' of the film industry. The accusations, including from some of the world's most famous actresses, range from inappropriate massages to rape.
Harder is best known as the lawyer who represented former wrestler Hulk Hogan in his lawsuit that resulted in the collapse of the gossip-news site Gawker. Last week, Lisa Bloom, the civil rights attorney, resigned from Weinstein's team.
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Harder is best known as the lawyer who represented former wrestler Hulk Hogan (left) in his lawsuit that resulted in the collapse of news site Gawker. Hogan’s legal fees were paid for by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, ...
On Tuesday, DailyMail.com reported that Weinstein hired a new lawyer, Los Angeles lawyer Patricia 'Patty' Glaser, to replace Bloom. Glaser plans to discredit the women who have spoken out about the sexual harassment and assault they allegedly faced at the hands of the famed producer.
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Harder is now working for Melania Trump and Roger Ailes. Gerardo Mora/Getty
He was, in fact, born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, in a ranch-style house where his parents (his father is a financial consultant, his mother a homemaker) live to this day. He went off to college at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and biked across the country during one summer vacation. He recalls being particularly enamored of Kansas. "I really liked Kansas," he says. "The friendliest people I have met on planet Earth."
Despite the enormous award, Terry Bollea is unlikely to soon see a $140 million deposit in his checking account. With both Gawker and Denton having filed for bankruptcy, the appeals process has come to a stop. The generous award by the jury could stand, or shrink, or be the subject of an even-longer court battle, one that could potentially reach the Supreme Court and thus become a landmark ruling on newsworthiness in the digital age.