Paramount Offers Millions To Trump To End $20B '60 Minutes' Suit & Let Skydance Merger Go Through [View all]

Source: Deadline

Paramount Offers Millions To Trump To End $20B ‘60 Minutes’ Suit & Let Skydance Merger Go Through

By Dominic Patten, Jill Goldsmith, Ted Johnson
May 28, 2025 5:24pm

Donald Trump and Paramount don’t have a deal yet to settle POTUS’ months-old $20 billion 60 Minutes lawsuit, but the Shari Redstone-ruled media company has put some serious millions on the table in the hopes to make this roadblock to a merger with Skydance disappear.

“It’s very early days,” a source close to talks between Trump’s lawyers and Paramount’s attorneys and execs tells Deadline. “An opening offer has been made, but more negotiations are underway,” the source confirmed. But they would not go into specifics beyond saying, “Right now, it’s an eight-figure discussion.”

In the waning days of last year’s bitter election, Trump went after longtime foil CBS over the way that its 60 Minutes had edited a wide-ranging interview with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.

Asking for a headline-grabbing $20 billion, the Hail Mary action alleged violations of Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which typically is used by consumers for false advertising claims.

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Read more: https://deadline.com/2025/05/trump-paramount-settlement-offer-1236412894/