MANHATTAN (CN) — Hunter Biden says Fox News violated New York’s anti-revenge porn laws when it aired a miniseries that explored fictitious criminal charges against the president’s son.
In a 15-page lawsuit filed Monday in Manhattan state court, Hunter Biden accused the right-wing network of creating “The Trial of Hunter Biden” miniseries to harass, alarm and humiliate him while tarnishing his reputation.
“Far from reporting on a newsworthy event, Fox sought to commercialize Mr. Biden’s personality through a form of treatment distinct from the dissemination of news or information,” Hunter Biden claims in the suit. “Indeed, the entire miniseries is fictionalized and based on a nonexistent criminal case.”
Fox Nation, the network’s streaming service, described the October 2022 miniseries as an exploration of “how a possible Hunter Biden trial might look.” But the main character of the six-part series lambasted Fox for including two charges against him in the mock trial that he never actually faced: bribery and violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
He claims the network profited from the show unjustly after improperly advertising it as a news series, rather than a fictional program for entertainment purposes only.
“The miniseries is fictionalized; it is not a news event. It was made for the purpose of trade and advertising
