Paramount, a parent company of CBS News, will pay $ 16 million to put an end to the legal proceedings brought by Donald Trump against the news channel which he accuses of having favored Kamala Harris in an interview.
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This amicable agreement, reported Tuesday by the American media, is the latest concession to date from a major media in the face of the attacks of the Republican President.
He will avoid a consecutive trial at the complaint filed by the billionaire in October 2024, while he was a candidate in the White House. Donald Trump’s lawyers claimed $ 20 billion.
The amount of $ 16 million will be paid to the future presidential library of Donald Trump and not directly to the President, paramount said in a statement quoted by American media.
The media conglomerate and entertainment content also noted that the agreement did not provide for any public excuse on its part.
In the middle of the presidential campaign, Donald Trump had brought to court CBS News “60 -minute” program, accusing him of having deceived an interview with his rival Democrat Kamala Harris.
More specifically, he accused CBS News of having published a transition from the interview in which the candidate would have answered a question on the war between Israel and Hamas.
CBS had rejected these accusations, explaining in particular that it was common in the profession to select the passages to be disseminated in an interview.
The amicable agreement comes when part of the executive executives of Paramount believe that this dispute with Donald Trump obstructs the group’s merger project with the Skydance production company, to try to compete with the streaming barons.
Last May, seven American Democrats and Independent Senators urged the president of Paramount Global, Shari Redstone, not to “capitulate” in the face of the legal proceedings started by Donald Trump.
The judicial showdown started by Donald Trump against CBS News made waves, including the producer’s April departure and pillar of “60 minutes”, Bill Owens. He had deplored attacks on his journalistic independence.
A month later, the boss of CBS News, Wendy McMahon, had also resigned.
Very critical of traditional media, Donald Trump launched legal attacks against other press companies, including the local newspaper The Des Moines Registerand folds ABC (Disney group), which paid $ 15 million under the threat of a defamation trial.
