Melania Trump has filed a blockbuster $150 million lawsuit against the The Daily Mail and a US-based blog claiming they defamed her when they reported that she worked for an escort service, multiple reports said Thursday.

And the British newspaper blinked just hours later, retracting its story and apologizing to the wife of GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Charles Harder, Melania Trump’s lawyer, hammered the news outlets. “These defendants made several statements about Mrs. Trump that are 100 percent false and tremendously damaging to her personal and professional reputation,” he said in a statement.

The suit was filed against the paper and the blog Tarpley in state court in Montgomery County, Maryland, CNN reported.

“Defendants broadcast their lies to millions of people throughout the U.S. and the world—without any justification,” Harder said. “Their many lies include, among others, that Mrs. Trump supposedly was an ‘escort’ in the 1990s before she met her husband. Defendants’ actions are so egregious, malicious and harmful to Mrs. Trump that her damages are estimated at $150 million dollars.”

‘The article… [did not] intend to state or suggest that Mrs. Trump ever worked as an ‘escort’ or in the ‘sex business.’ - The Daily Mail

Melania Trump had warned a week ago that she would pursue legal action against the outlets for what she and her lawyer called false and defamatory statements in reports about her work and immigration history.

The Daily Mail this month published a report citing a story in a Slovenian magazine that claimed a New York modeling agency that once represented Trump “also operated as an escort agency for wealthy clients.”

That report was picked up by Tarpley and other news outlets.

After caving, the paper issued statement saying “it wholeheartedly … retracts the above and also regrets any such misinterpretation.”

“The article… did not intend to state or suggest that these allegations are true, nor did it intend to state or suggest that Mrs. Trump ever worked as an ‘escort’ or in the ‘sex business,’” the statement said.

“To the contrary, The Daily Mail newspaper article stated that there was no support for the allegations, and it provided adamant denials from

Mrs. Trump’s spokesperson and from [Paolo] Zampolli,” the man who ran the modeling agency.

Harder also represented Hulk Hogan in his successful defamation suit against Gawker Media, which shut down after being ordered to pay a massive settlement.