Trump Sues Chef Who Backed Out Of Restaurant Deal

[IDemo]

Source: ABC News

Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants a prominent chef to pay $10 million in damages after the food star bailed on plans to open a new restaurant inside Trump’s latest project in the nation’s capital.

A group owned by Trump — Trump Post Office LLC — filed a lawsuit today in federal court.

Last year the group began $200 million in renovations on the historic Old Post Office Pavilion in downtown Washington. And within months, chef Jose Andres announced he would be opening a new restaurant inside the new Trump International Hotel.

At the time, Andres issued a press release saying he has “long respected Donald Trump for his business acumen” and was “proud to partner with him,” the lawsuit recounts.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-sues-chef-backed-restaurant-deal/story?id=32814305

[Warpy]

1. Seriously? A CHEF? Sensible people would just bluster that he was a dime a dozen

and go find another chef with some sort of following.

Trump has gone completely off the rails.

[hermetic]

2. That's what we need in a pres..

Sue anyone who disagrees with him...

a$$hole

Remember, it's all just smoke and mirrors. Bread and circuses. Don't let this piece of crap distract from the real issues at hand. GOTV!!

[passiveporcupine]

14. great word for him

"a$$hole"

But after Trump made controversial remarks in June suggesting illegal immigrants from Mexico are criminals and “rapists,” Andres backed out.

Good for him!

[littlewolf]

3. unless the chef was under contract … then that is different. nt

[djean111]

4. The thing is, Jose Andres is one of the most impressive chefs in the world, IMO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Andr%C3%A9s

One of the world's 100 most influential people (Time Magazine, 2012)[

Trump is going after the money.

[A Simple Game]

15. One of the 100 most influential people in the world is a chef according to Time magazine.

A chef? One of the worlds most influential people? Must be quite some chef.

That says a lot about why the news magazines are in such decline.

[tazkcmo]

16. Me too

A friggin' cook? I'd nominate the dishwasher before the cook. Nobody can do their job without the dishwasher.

[A Simple Game]

17. When was the last time you sought advice from a chef? Who cares what their opinions

are on world affairs? Most of the ones on TV I wouldn't even ask advise on how to cook. Most don't even do their own cooking they just supervise the people under them.

As for the one in question, chef Jose Andres, I never heard of him.

[jtuck004]

5. That seems cheap. The alternative is spending 10 years in a place where that useless

piece of walking bad hair can come in at any time, because he owns the building.

While entertaining a mistaken belief that anyone within 100 feet has any respect for anything about him that isn't contained by his wallet or bank account.

[AllFieldsRequired]

6. Trump uses his illbegotten gains to destroy anyone that doesnt genuflect with him

He really is the very best representative of poor, barely surviving tea party members who actually believe, ahd have said out loud that they have much in common with him.

[HFRN]

7. the chef has a big problem

because it's been well known for years, that Trump is the biggest wealthy blowhard in the world

this chef can't claim he didn't know who he was dealing with

[LuvNewcastle]

8. I agree.

If he didn't want to deal with shit, he shouldn't have gone into an agreement with an asshole.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. To my knowledge,

he only recently began calling Mexicans rapists. Trump's bigotry would damage the reputation of any chef associated with him. So, it was Trump who made the business relationship untenable.

[Politicalboi]

20. So this guy was okay with

Where's the birth certificate? It's ONLY because it effects HIM this time. I hope he can back out of this without much damage, but I hope this taught him a lesson.

[Raine1967]

13. The Chef has a right to protect his brand.

I don't think he is going to have a problem. This is just another one of Trumps frivolous lawsuits.

[George II]

9. Who hasn't Trump sued over the years?

[The Second Stone]

11. Trump's going to lose this one as his remarks created a hostile work environment

Is he going to sue Carlos Slim next?

[Raine1967]

12. At least we know that Trump is against tort reform, right?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. You can read the full lawsuit below:

Trump Sues José Andrés For Backing Out Of Hotel Restaurant