{{Short description|American blogger}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Nik Richie | other_names = *Corbin Grimes<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/nik-richie-of-dirty-shame-suedagain-6630473 | title="Nik Richie," of Dirty Shame, Sued...Again }}</ref> *Nik Lamas-Richie | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|12}} | birth_name = Hooman Abedi Karamian | birth_place = [[Hackensack, New Jersey]], U.S. | occupation = Internet personality | known_for = Gossip website TheDirty.com; reality TV appearances | years_active = 2007–2018 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Amanda Toney|2005|2009|end=div}} * {{marriage|[[Shayne Lamas]]|2010|2021|end=div}} }} | children = 2 }} '''Nik Lamas-Richie''' (born '''Hooman Abedi Karamian'''; February 12, 1979) is an American [[Internet celebrity|Internet personality]] most prominent in the late 2000s and 2010s. Richie is best known as the founder of controversial<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devji |first1=Shaheed |title=Gossip blog TheDirty.com under fire for nasty comments |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/gossip-blog-thedirty-com-under-fire-for-nasty-comments-1.735097 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128123635/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/gossip-blog-thedirty-com-under-fire-for-nasty-comments-1.735097 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 28, 2021 |website=CTV News |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> gossip website TheDirty.com.
==Early life== Richie was born in [[Hackensack, New Jersey]] as Hooman Abedi Karamian to Armenian parents from Iran.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shayne Lamas' Hubby--Taking Wife's Last Name|url=https://www.tmz.com/2010/07/09/nik-richie-shayne-lamas-name-change/|website=www.tmz.com |date=July 11, 2010 |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Richie |first=Nik |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kIxCgAAQBAJ&q=Sex,+Lies+and+The+Dirty |title=Sex, Lies and The Dirty |date=2013-04-19 |publisher=Feral House |isbn=978-1-936239-66-5 |language=en}}</ref> Prior to his Internet career, he worked as a credit card processor.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Outhier |first1=Craig |title=The Terrifying Ten |url=https://www.phoenixmag.com/2014/10/01/the-terrifying-ten/ |website=phoenixmag.com |date=October 2014 |access-date=8 April 2020}}</ref>
==Career== Richie founded the gossip website TheDirty.com in March 2007 as ''DirtyScottsdale.com'' while living in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]] and started using the pseudonym ''Nik Richie,'' as he preferred to stay anonymous.<ref name="VegasSeven">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-28 |title=Nik Richie - Vegas Seven |url=http://vegasseven.com/2010/07/01/nik-richie/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102723/http://vegasseven.com/2010/07/01/nik-richie/ |archive-date=March 28, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Kashmir |title=The Dirty Business: How Gossipmonger Nik Richie of TheDirty.com Stays Afloat |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2010/11/11/the-dirty-business-how-gossipmonger-nik-richie-of-thedirty-com-stays-afloat/ |access-date=2025-02-07 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> The content on Dirtyscottsdale.com initially focused on derision of Scottsdale's club scene.
[[Ben Quayle]] wrote for DirtyScottsdale.com <ref>{{Cite web | title=Quayle-linked site in libel suit - POLITICO | website=[[Politico]] | date=August 26, 2010 | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/quayle-linked-site-in-libel-suit-041505 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914002405/http://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/quayle-linked-site-in-libel-suit-041505 | access-date=2025-02-22 | archive-date=September 14, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Quayle denies link to Scottsdale site - POLITICO | website=[[Politico]] | date=August 10, 2010 | url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/quayle-denies-link-to-scottsdale-site-040893 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910151148/http://www.politico.com/story/2010/08/quayle-denies-link-to-scottsdale-site-040893 | access-date=2025-02-22 | archive-date=2015-09-10}}</ref>
Co-founded by Ari Golden,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-12-04 |title=Gossip blog TheDirty.com under fire for nasty comments |url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/gossip-blog-thedirty-com-under-fire-for-nasty-comments-1.735097 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517013602/https://bc.ctvnews.ca/mobile/gossip-blog-thedirty-com-under-fire-for-nasty-comments-1.735097 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=British Columbia |language=en}}</ref> the later and more widely known version, '''TheDirty.com''', allows users to anonymously upload their own "dirt" including news, gossip, accusations, photos, videos, or text, and comment on posts submitted by others.<ref name="Forbes">{{cite web |last1=Goldman |first1=Eric |title=Should TheDirty Website Be Liable For Encouraging Users To Gossip? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2013/11/25/should-thedirty-website-be-liable-for-encouraging-users-to-gossip/#2a5b8ee1db96 |website=forbes.com |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
Richie operated TheDirty.com anonymously until September 4, 2008, when he was arrested for DUI and reckless driving in Scottsdale.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Dirty' Web site owner posts own record - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2008/09/06/Dirty-Web-site-owner-posts-own-record/88911220680497/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref> Once news of his arrest surfaced, Richie publicly admitted his real identity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man behind thedirty.com gets DUI, sheds anonymity |url=http://www.azcentral.com/ent/nightlife/articles/2008/09/04/20080904thedirtyout.html |website=azcentral.com |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
In a March 2019 [[Instagram]] post, Richie stated he was no longer associated with TheDirty.com, having 'retired' from the site in April 2018.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BumjXwXBWkY/ Nik Richie] [[Instagram]]</ref>
==TheDirty.com==
=== Lawsuits === {{See also|Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC}}
:"A lawyer for Dirty World LLC, David Gingras, says he represents Dirty World LLC, which operates Thedirty.com. ... He says the company named, Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, does not own or have a relationship with the website."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brantley |first=Max |date=2015-01-23 |title=Judge gives $1.25 million award over defamatory comments on Thedirty.com |url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2015/01/23/judge-gives-1-25-million-award-over-defamatory-comments-on-thedirty-com |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Arkansas Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
In May 2010, Richie's website TheDirty published web posts: :"to retaliate against Kristen Creighton of La Porte, Texas, who won a $1.5 million judgment in October against Richie and his company, Dirty World."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-21 |title=Nik Richie Sued Again By Texas Woman, Removes Most Retaliatory Posts About Her From TheDirty.Com - Phoenix News - Valley Fever |url=https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_sued_again_by_texas.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521043639/https://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_sued_again_by_texas.php |archive-date=May 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-11 |title=Nik Richie Claims TheDirty.Com Pulls In $130,000 a Month; Owes $1.5 Million After Default Judgment - Phoenix News - Valley Fever |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_claims_thedirtycom.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511091817/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_claims_thedirtycom.php |archive-date=May 11, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-27 |title=Nik Richie Strikes Back at Texas Woman Who Won Lawsuit; Vows to Make Her "The Face of Herpes" - Phoenix News - Valley Fever |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_strikes_back_at_tex.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527080437/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_strikes_back_at_tex.php |archive-date=May 27, 2010 }}</ref>
In 2011, [[Memphis, Tennessee]], TV reporter Lauren Lee's lawsuit demanded that posts be permanently removed and $50 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-07 |title="Nik Richie," of Dirty Shame, Sued...Again {{!}} Phoenix New Times |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/nik-richie-of-dirty-shame-suedagain-6630473 |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807091159/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/nik-richie-of-dirty-shame-suedagain-6630473 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 }}</ref>
In a heavily publicized case, ''[[Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings LLC|Sarah Jones v. Dirty World Entertainment Recordings, LLC]]'', a federal court in Kentucky initially found that Richie was not entitled to CDA immunity in a case arising from several posts about Kentucky high school teacher and part-time cheerleader Sarah Jones.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/07/11/sarah-jones-cincinnati-bengals-cheerleader-defamation-lawsuit-thedirtycom/2509411/ | work=USA Today | first1=Jim | last1=Hannah | title=Former Bengals cheerleader awarded $338,000 in defamation lawsuit | date=July 11, 2013}}</ref> The jury awarded Jones $338,000 in compensatory and [[punitive damages]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Osborne |first1=Kevin |title=Jury rules in favor of ex-Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones in defamation case |url=http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/Ex-Bengals-cheerleader-Sarah-Jones-Jury-starts-deliberations-in-defamation-case |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806071732/http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/local_news/Ex-Bengals-cheerleader-Sarah-Jones-Jury-starts-deliberations-in-defamation-case |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 August 2013 |website=wcpo.com |publisher=Scripps Media |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> However, Richie filed a successful appeal before the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]], which in June 2014 ordered the judgment vacated and dismissed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Greenwald |first1=Judy |title=Ex-cheerleader's $380K award against 'dirty' website overturned by court|url=https://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20140617/news06/140619826/ex-cheerleaders-$380k-award-against-dirty-website-overturned-by-court |website=businessinsurance.com |publisher=Business Insurance Holdings |date=June 17, 2014 |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
Richie has been the defendant in several lawsuits relating to material posted on TheDirty.com. Richie has argued that he is protected from liability by [[Section 230]] of the [[Communications Decency Act]], like other operators of blogs and websites that allow third party users to submit content.
=== Donald Trump === In 2011, '''thedirty.com''' published an uncorroborated article claiming [[Stormy Daniels]] and [[Donald Trump]] had a sexual encounter at a ''golfing event'', and ''[[Life & Style (magazine)|Life & Style Weekly]]'', a supermarket tabloid, printed the story.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corn |first=David |title=The full Stormy hush-money tale shows plenty of witnesses who could be trouble for Trump |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/03/stormy-daniels-trump-cohen-hush-money-trial-witnesses/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Who is Stormy Daniels, the adult film actress who is testifying in Trump's hush money criminal trial? |url=https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/stormy-daniels-adult-film-actress-140013269.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-MY}}</ref> Stormy Daniels interviewed with [[Bauer Publishing]], the parent company of ''Life & Style Weekly'' and [[In Touch Weekly]] magazines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knaut |first=Gretchen |date=2023-05-24 |title=Detailed Timeline of Trump Hush Money-2016 Election Investigation |url=https://www.justsecurity.org/85761/timeline-trump-hush-money-trial/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Just Security |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Detailed Chronology in Trump-Cohen Hush Money Investigation {{!}} Portside |url=https://portside.org/2023-03-30/detailed-chronology-trump-cohen-hush-money-investigation |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=portside.org |language=en}}</ref>
==Media appearances== In November 2010, Nik Richie, with his wife, [[Shayne Lamas]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=The Man Behind TheDirty.com Is Just As Awful In Person | url=https://www.jezebel.com/the-man-behind-thedirty-com-is-just-as-awful-in-person-5687873 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825044151/https://jezebel.com/the-man-behind-thedirty-com-is-just-as-awful-in-person-5687873 | access-date=2025-02-22 | archive-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> appeared on an episode of ''[[Dr. Phil (TV series)|Dr. Phil]]'' devoted to the subject of online bullying and gossip entitled "Dirt, Lies and the Internet.".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dirt, Lies, and the Internet |url=https://www.drphil.com/shows/1540/ |website=drphil.com |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="DrPhil">{{Cite web |url=http://stupidcelebrities.net/2010/11/nik-richie-of-the-dirty-on-dr-phil-show/ |title=Nik Richie of TheDirty On Dr. Phil Show |access-date=2012-07-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226093132/http://stupidcelebrities.net/2010/11/nik-richie-of-the-dirty-on-dr-phil-show/ |archive-date=2013-02-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Phil McGraw]] questioned Richie about the morality of a website which allows users to openly bash each other with hurtful and profane comments, to which Richie responded that there is a marketplace for such a website. McGraw replied, "Well, there's a marketplace for heroin too, but that doesn't justify being a heroin addict."<ref name="DrPhil" />
In November 2011, Richie was interviewed by talk show host [[Anderson Cooper]] in an episode during which he was confronted by Sarah Jones, the former [[Cincinnati Bengals]] cheerleader and high school teacher who, at the time, was suing Richie for [[defamation]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andersoncooper.com/2011/11/09/sarah-jones-nik-richie-bengals-cheerleader-confronts-website-owner-for-defamation-of-character/ |title=Bengals Cheerleader Confronts Website Owner for Defamation of Character |access-date=2014-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806045012/http://www.andersoncooper.com/2011/11/09/sarah-jones-nik-richie-bengals-cheerleader-confronts-website-owner-for-defamation-of-character/ |archive-date=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Richie was featured in a second interview with Anderson Cooper which aired in January 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Anderson |title=Anderson to Nik Richie: 'I Just Don't Get You' |url=http://www.andersoncooper.com/2012/01/03/nik-richie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419141718/http://www.andersoncooper.com/2012/01/03/nik-richie |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-19 |website=andersoncooper.com}}</ref>
In June 2011, [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] program ''20/20'' aired a segment about Richie and his legal battle with Sarah Jones.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kiesewetter |first1=John |title=Ben-Gal Sarah Jones On 20/20 Tonight |url=http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/06/24/ben-gal-sarah-jones-on-2020-tonight/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628204824/http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/06/24/ben-gal-sarah-jones-on-2020-tonight/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 June 2011 |website=cincinnati.com |publisher=Gannett |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brenner |first1=Richard |last2=Mullen |first2=Beth |title=Cincinnati Bengals Cheerleader Sarah Jones Fights Dirty Online Sex Rumors |url=https://abcnews.go.com/2020/We_Find_Them/pro-cheerleader-fights-nasty-online-sex-rumors/story?id=13915596#.UAcva7TY-rE |website=abcnews.go.com |publisher=ABC News |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
In late 2012, Richie and his then-wife [[Shayne Lamas]] appeared on Season 2 of [[VH1]] reality show ''[[Couples Therapy (2012 TV series)|Couples Therapy]]'' along with several other couples.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former 'Housewives of NYC' stars headed to 'Couple's Therapy' |url=http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2012/08/06/former-housewives-of-nyc-stars-headed-to-couples-therapy/ |website=HollywoodNews.com |publisher=Hollywood News Network}}</ref> In the season's final episode, Richie and Lamas renewed their wedding vows in a televised ceremony.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=Dream Wedding - Video Clip from Couples Therapy With Dr. Jenn {{!}} S2, E10 {{!}} VH1 |url=http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/4tvxt6/couples-therapy-with-dr-jenn-dream-wedding |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141858/http://www.vh1.com/video-clips/4tvxt6/couples-therapy-with-dr-jenn-dream-wedding |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> Richie and Lamas appeared together in a Couples Therapy reunion episode which aired in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-09-03 |title=Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn Reunion (TV Series) {{!}} VH1 |url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/couples-therapy-with-dr-jenn-reunion/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903042816/http://www.vh1.com/shows/couples-therapy-with-dr-jenn-reunion/ |archive-date=September 3, 2014 }}</ref>
In May 2013, Richie released a memoir, ''Sex, Lies and The Dirty''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindsay Lohan Coke Story Revealed In New Gossip Book: 'Sex, Lies & The Dirty' |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/lindsay-lohan-coke-book_n_3134213.html |website=Huffington Post |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Richie's first marriage, to Amanda Toney, took place in 2005 and ended in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lemons |first1=Stephen |title=Nik Richie, aka, Hooman Karamian Served with Divorce Papers by Wife Amanda Toney |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/nik-richie-aka-hooman-karamian-served-with-divorce-papers-by-wife-amanda-toney-6502340 |website=www.phoenixnewtimes.com |publisher=Phoenix New Times |access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref>
Richie's second marriage was to actress and reality TV personality [[Shayne Lamas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-04-25 |title=Nik Richie's "Wife," Shayne Lamas, Admits She's Not In Love With Him; That Kinda Talk Could Get Someone's Mug on The Dirty - Phoenix News - Valley Fever |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/04/nik_richies_wife_shayne_lamas.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425005554/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/04/nik_richies_wife_shayne_lamas.php |archive-date=April 25, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-11 |title=Nik Richie Claims TheDirty.Com Pulls In $130,000 a Month; Owes $1.5 Million After Default Judgment - Phoenix News - Valley Fever |url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_claims_thedirtycom.php |access-date=2024-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100511091817/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2010/05/nik_richie_claims_thedirtycom.php |archive-date=May 11, 2010 }}</ref> The pair met during a vacation to [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]] and were married on April 18, 2010 at the [[Little White Wedding Chapel]]<ref>{{cite web |title='Bachelor' Winner -- Elopes in Vegas |url=http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/19/bachelor-winner-shayne-lamas-nik-richie-michael-jordan-package-wedding-las-vegas-thedirty-little-white-chapel |website=tmz.com |date=April 19, 2010 |publisher=EHM Productions, Inc.}}</ref> eight hours after they first met.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Everett |first1=Cristina |title=Shayne Lamas elopes with Nik Richie one day after meeting him in Las Vegas |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/shayne-lamas-elopes-nik-richie-day-meeting-las-vegas-article-1.165358 |website=nydailynews.com |date=April 19, 2010 |publisher=New York Daily News |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> They had two children: daughter Press, born November 11, 2011,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Natalie |last2=Mulick |first2=Marcus |title=Shayne Lamas Births 11-11-11 Baby! |url=http://www.eonline.com/news/274757/shayne-lamas-births-11-11-11-baby |website=eonline.com |date=November 11, 2011 |publisher=E! Entertainment Television |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> and son Lyon, born via surrogate on July 4, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=King |first1=Brittany |title=Shayne Lamas and Husband Nik Richie Welcome Baby Boy Via Surrogate |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/07/15/shayne-lamas-baby-born-nik-richie-second-child-boy-via-surrogate/ |website=hollywoodlife.com |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC |access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref> They divorced in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boucher |first1=Ashley |title=Shayne Lamas Announces She and Nik Richie Are Divorcing After 11 Years of Marriage |url=https://people.com/tv/shayne-lamas-nik-richie-divorcing-after-11-years-of-marriage/|website=People |publisher=Dotdash Meredith |access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>
Richie was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Knibbs |first1=Kate |title=Cleaning up The Dirty |url=https://www.theringer.com/2017/04/19/tech/the-dirty-nik-richie-gossip-site-relaunch-4a086aa24536 |website=The Ringer |date=April 19, 2017 |publisher=SB Nation |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
== Bibliography ==
* 2013 - Sex, Lies and The Dirty {{ISBN|978-1936239597}}<ref name=":0" />
== See also == *[[Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal]] *[[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York]] *[[Reactions to the prosecution of Donald Trump in New York]] *[[Personal and business legal affairs of Donald Trump]] *[[New York investigations of the Trump Organization]] *[[Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign]] *[[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign]]
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *https://web.archive.org/web/20070820024351/http://dirtyscottsdale.com/ *https://web.archive.org/web/20021128031106/http://www.thedirty.com/ *https://archive.today/thedirty.com *
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