Fox News has abruptly pulled “The Trial of Hunter Biden” from its streaming service, Fox Nation, following a stern warning from Hunter Biden’s legal team. The legal threat highlighted the inclusion of sexually explicit images that might contravene state revenge porn laws, putting the network in hot water.
Initially hitting screens in October 2022, the series faced its curtain call just one day after Hunter Biden’s lawyers went public with their grievances. Biden has lobbed serious accusations at the network, including defamation.
“This program was produced in and has been available since 2022. We are reviewing the concerns that have just been raised and — out of an abundance of caution in the interim — have taken it down,” a Fox News Media spokesperson said on Wednesday.
“The Trial of Hunter Biden” was not just any docuseries but a six-part deep dive into the murky waters of the legal and political entanglements of the president’s son. It featured dramatic reenactments and scrutinized allegations related to Hunter’s overseas business ventures and his personal life, becoming a flashpoint for political commentary on the Biden dynasty.
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According to documents seen by CNN, Hunter demanded the removal of private, explicit images from Fox platforms, escalating his battle against conservative media’s portrayal of him. His attorneys sent a fiery letter to Fox News, slamming the network for alleged defamation and unlawful publication of “hacked” images, and calling for corrections and retractions concerning supposed overseas bribery involving the Bidens.
Hunter Biden’s legal team—Mark Geragos, Bryan Freedman, and Tina Glandian—fired back in a public statement: “For the last five years, Fox News has relentlessly attacked Hunter Biden and made him a caricature in order to boost ratings and for its financial gain.”
In 2022, the outlet’s portrayal reached new heights with a mock trial based on unverified bribery claims and revealing “intimate images of Mr. Biden depicting him in the nude as well as engaged in sex acts,” as per the letter demanding the show’s immediate withdrawal. While the heightened scrutiny initially alarmed some of Joe Biden’s advisers, the President has stood by his son, who is concurrently tackling unrelated legal challenges in Delaware and California, maintaining his innocence.
The lawyers’ letter didn’t mince words, stating: “FOX knows that these private and confidential images were hacked, stolen, and/or manipulated digital material.”
Echoing constitutional rights, a Fox News spokesperson noted yesterday, “Consistent with the First Amendment, Fox News has accurately covered these highly publicized events as well as the subsequent indictment of an FBI informant who was the source of certain claims made about Mr. Biden.”
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