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‘This is not extortion’: Guilfoyle accuser threatens to release 16-minute recording he claims could bring down Trump world

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  • Kimberly Guilfoyle is out as U.S. ambassador to Greece after the White House requested her resignation.
  • Trump donor Eric Deters filed a lawsuit in Kentucky accusing Guilfoyle and members of her legal team of defamation.
  • The dispute centers on an alleged request to pay a $100,000 American Express bill, and Deters is threatening further disclosures.

LAY IT ON ME (I’ve got time).

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s diplomatic career has ended, but her $100,000 American Express controversy apparently hasn’t received the memo.

Eric Deters, the Kentucky businessman and Trump donor whose accusations helped ignite the scandal, filed a lawsuit Thursday against Guilfoyle and members of her legal team. And he’s threatening to release additional material as the dispute grows beyond an embarrassing exit from the U.S. Embassy in Athens.

Deters claims Guilfoyle asked him in July 2025 to cover a $100,000 credit card bill while suggesting she could help him gain access to administration officials and assistance with legal and tax matters. He says he never made the payment.

Guilfoyle disputes the allegations. Her lawyers have questioned the authenticity of messages attributed to her and said she was owed money for attending and supporting events organized by Deters.

Now Deters says their public response damaged his reputation.

“Kim Guilfoyle and her lawyers claimed my allegations were false and they would defend the allegations vigorously,” Deters said in a statement accompanying his lawsuit. “Now they can in Kentucky.”

The latest turn follows a remarkable reversal at the White House.

On Monday, President Donald Trump acknowledged that Guilfoyle’s position was under review, saying the administration was unhappy with what it had learned.

By Tuesday, the decision was made. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia announced that the administration had asked Guilfoyle to resign. Guilfoyle subsequently confirmed her departure and denied the allegations.

“These allegations are false, and I intend to vigorously defend my name, my reputation, and my integrity,” she said.

Trump also put some distance between himself and his former family almost-member.

“I guess she dated my son a long time ago,” Trump told reporters, referring to Donald Trump Jr. “She went to Greece, she was doing a good job, but we didn’t like what we were reading.”

Deters has added another unusual wrinkle: he says his campaign is connected to efforts to secure the return of Dr. Abubakar Atiq Durrani, a physician accused in a separate medical fraud case who is believed to be in Pakistan.

Deters has threatened to release a recording he says contains damaging information and has suggested the dispute could reach other prominent Republicans. The recording’s contents and his broader claims have not been independently established.

None of this proves Guilfoyle committed wrongdoing. The lawsuit establishes that Deters has brought his accusations into court, not that a judge has accepted them.

But consider the trajectory: a prominent Trump ally goes from representing America in Greece to defending her reputation against a donor she once knew — while a disputed Amex bill becomes the centerpiece of a legal and political spectacle.

And just when you thought this Greek tragedy had reached its final act, somebody filed another script.

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