Not a lawyer but looks like her lawyer played every card to delay, including avoiding being served and then moving court venues. That gets us to January.
Her counsel would have filed a motion to dismiss. Wolff’s counsel would send an opposition brief that would preview the evidence they intend to present to the court (that she met Trump through Epstein, was a prostitute, etc.) So, that might be interesting if it is attached to/ included with the court’s decision. NY has anti-SLAPP statutes that mandate the court needs to rule within 60 to 90 days.
So, court ruling is due any day now. Until they rule, discovery is frozen.
As soon as that ruling comes down, everyone in Epstein’s circle is going to get subpoena’d including Melania herself. Probably Trump, too.
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Melania threatened to sue author Michael Wolff for $1 billion in October claiming he was lying about her having connections to Epstein. Wolff counter sued her because she was trying to get him to shut up with the lawsuit threat and you can’t do that in the US. Melania’s lawyer has been delaying the lawsuit using procedural maneuvers. Those finally ran out. Soon the judge will rule if Wolff’s lawsuit can move forward. If it does, the lawsuit will enter “discovery” which is when both sides gather evidence to present in court. During discovery, the court can issue subpoenas which are legal orders that require people to testify or go through an interview answering questions that will serve as evidence in the case. Wolff’s attorneys will probably force Melania, Trump, and other Epstein connected individuals to testify. They don’t want testify because either they’ll have to admit things they don’t want coming out or they’ll be caught lying in court
Some interesting comments from https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1sh66ol/comment/ofb285t/
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