Fox Deletes Hunter Biden Series After Lawsuit Threat

The Daily Beast reports:

Fox News appears to be taking Hunter Biden’s lawsuit threat quite seriously. The network has quietly pulled down its six-part “mock trial” series from its digital streaming service Fox Nation after lawyers for the presidential scion warned the network of their intention to sue for defamation.

Besides quietly taking down The Trial of Hunter Biden from its streamer, the network also deleted a promotional video promising Fox News viewers an “inside look” at the “mock trial,” which was presided over by former reality-TV star Judge Joe Brown.

The scrubbing of the series, which debuted in October 2022, directly complies with the demand from Biden’s legal team—powerhouse celebrity law firm Geragos & Geragos—to delete the content immediately.

Read the full article. Yesterday’s letter from Hunter Biden’s lawyers included a threat to sue on the basis of New York state’s revenge porn laws.

The day after Hunter Biden’s legal team went public with their threat to sue Fox News for defamation, Fox deleted a six-part “mock trial” miniseries that Biden’s attorneys had targeted as publishing “revenge porn.” @justinbaragona with the scoop https://t.co/hFC6YOAkPi

— Roger Sollenberger (@SollenbergerRC) April 30, 2024