Tripp sued the DoD for releasing information from her security file and employment file to the news media in violation of the Privacy Act of 1974. On November 3, 2003, Tripp settled with the DoD for $595,000 Since the Lewinsky scandal, Tripp has moved to Northern Virginia, had extensive plastic surgery, married German architect Dieter Rausch (a longtime sweetheart) in 2004, and opened with her new husband a year-round Christmas shop, called the Christmas Sleigh, in Middleburg, Virginia. I would never have recognized her. She is also a breast cancer survivor.
