Trump must face 'Apprentice' contestant's defamation lawsuit -NY court

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Source: yahoo.com


Jonathan Stempel Tue, March 30, 2021, 9:16 AM·



NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's highest court on Tuesday cleared the way for a former contestant on "The Apprentice" to sue Donald Trump for defamation, after the former U.S. president called her a liar for accusing him of sexual assault.

Trump had argued before leaving the White House on Jan. 20 that Summer Zervos could not pursue her case because a sitting president could not be sued, but the state Court of Appeals said in a brief order that "the issues presented have become moot."
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The order likely means Zervos' case will return to a Manhattan trial court, and give her lawyers an opportunity to question Trump under oath.

Zervos came forward during the 2016 presidential campaign with accusations that Trump subjected her to unwanted kissing and groping after she sought career advice in 2007, two years after her appearance on his reality television show.

She sued Trump in January 2017 after he branded such allegations by women "lies" and retweeted a post calling Zervos' claims a "hoax."

Zervos has been seeking a retraction or an apology, plus compensatory damages and punitive damages.
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gosh, it is past time for something to stick to Trump

[turbinetree]

1. Well the one with the red hat, and orange hair, and his track record speaks for it's self

when it comes to being truthful, Trump Lied More Than 30,000 Times in just 4 years while he was out doing what he was doing.....lying ........like clorax in the arm, for example, or what he said about soldiers and bounties........I can't list the 30,000 + my head would explode......and relive the terror .........

[multigraincracker]

2. Is she the one with the dress

that contains his DNA? He has so far refused to produce a DNA sample.

Might be grounds for his present wife to challenge any pre-nupt.

[BlueStater]

3. Different woman named E. Jean Carroll.

She says that the orange asshole raped her at some point in the mid 90s.

[multigraincracker]

4. I need a program

to keep track of the players.

[Evolve Dammit]

7. Seriously. I think someone should have a cable show just to track his cases. nt

[lunatica]

9. Give it time

He’ll be exposed bigly, in movies and documentaries. We’ll learn new things about him when it happens. There’s certainly plenty of available footage to draw from, plus anyone who knows him will dish the dirt gladly if there is money involved.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. I hear ya. I just want him in orange (it is his color after all).

[iluvtennis]

5. Good. Can't wait for this to start...been too long. nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy

[George II]

8. If we want to solve the deficit crisis, just sell tickets to trump's testimonry and....

....show it on Pay Per View!

That should be worth $trillions!

It might go something like this:

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. Excellent! I hope it isn't unseemly for me to wish him the absolute worst outcomes...

...on any and all legal actions underway or pending. I feel I might be acting rather mean, but then I think........NAHHH!

[oldsoftie]

11. I'm hoping Dominion can get him. THAT would be interesting.

Powell, Guliani, Lindel, etc, they're going after all of them so why not the big fish