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struggle4progress

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Sat Jun 24, 2017, 02:08 PM Jun 2017

New legal action over University?

Adam Gabbatt
Saturday 24 June 2017 03.00 EDT

... In November ... Trump settled three class action fraud lawsuits over Trump University, for $25m. More than 6,000 people were listed in the suits, claiming they were lured into paying up to $35,000 to learn the secrets of Trump’s business success.

Now, one member of the class action lawsuits, Sherri Simpson, has filed an appeal against the settlement, claiming she was not allowed to exercise her right to “opt out” of the multimillion-dollar deal.

If the ninth circuit court of appeals – one of two courts that ruled against Trump’s travel ban in June – decides in her favor, Simpson intends to sue the president independently for fraud, which she hopes could see him give evidence before a jury.

“I believed in a jury trial,” Simpson told the Guardian. “It looked like we had such a strong case for trial after seven years of litigation” ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/24/donald-trump-university-lawsuit-appeal-sherri-simpson

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