Trump Deposition Looms as 'Apprentice' Groping Lawsuit Moves Ahead
Source: Bloomberg News
By Chris Dolmetsch
March 20, 2018, 1:20 PM EDT Updated on March 20, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
Manhattan state court judge says ‘no one is above the law’
Ruling adds to Stormy Daniels controversy over hush payment
As busy as Donald Trump is being president, he can’t avoid a former "Apprentice" contestant’s defamation lawsuit where he may be forced to respond under oath to allegations of sexual assault and his treatment of women, a judge ruled.
It’s an issue that flared up during the election campaign and while he’s been president. Trump is separately embroiled in a scandal involving a $130,000 payment to an adult film actress -- Stormy Daniels -- who alleges he’s attempting to prevent her from discussing a sexual relationship she had with him in 2006. Daniels’s interview on “60 Minutes” is scheduled to air March 25.
Summer Zervos, a contender on The Apprentice in 2005, sued Trump in January 2017 in Manhattan state court, alleging he “ambushed” her on more than one occasion starting in 2007, kissing her, touching her breast and pressing his genitals against her.
Trump argued he should be shielded by the U.S. Constitution because it’s too much of a distraction for the nation’s chief executive to face civil claims in state court.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-20/trump-can-t-duck-apprentice-suit-saying-he-lied-about-groping
Judge rules Trump must face defamation lawsuit from ex-'Apprentice' contestant
BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 03/20/18 02:18 PM EDT
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has ruled that President Trump's job in the White House does not give him immunity from a defamation lawsuit filed against him by former "Apprentice" contestant Summer Zervos.
“In Clinton v Jones the United States Supreme Court held that a sitting president is not immune from being sued in federal court for unofficial acts,” Justice Jennifer Schecter wrote in a ruling released Tuesday, according to the New York Post.
“It left open the question of whether concerns of federalism and comity compel a different conclusion for suits brought in state court. Because they do not, defendant’s motion to dismiss this case or hold it in abeyance is denied."
Last year, Reuters reported that lawyers for Trump were arguing that a defamation lawsuit against the president brought by Zervos, who has accused Trump of sexual harassment, should be dropped.
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/379345-judge-denies-trump-immunity-rules-he-must-face-defamation
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I can just see it... They can just plagiarize a Harlequin "romance" novel. 
Judge rules defamation case against Trump may proceed
By Mark Berman and Frances Stead Sellers March 20 at 2:31 PM
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice," looks at the camera as she embraces lawyer Gloria Allred as they leave a New York courtroom on Dec. 5. (Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images)
A New York judge said Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit against President Trump related to an allegation that he sexually harassed a former “Apprentice” contestant may go forward.
Summer Zervos filed the suit last year after Trump said publicly that she and other women making similar claims made them up. Trump sought to block the legal action, but New York Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter, citing court precedent that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998, said that “a sitting president is not immune from being sued in federal court for unofficial acts.”
Trump has repeatedly said that all of the women who accused him of touching them inappropriately were lying — a sentiment his White House reiterated as questions resurfaced about the allegations.
Trump’s attorneys argued that the president cannot be sued in state court and also argued that the comments he made were political opinion and, as a result, “squarely protected by the First Amendment.” Marc Kasowitz, Trump’s personal attorney, did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the ruling Tuesday.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/judge-rules-defamation-case-against-trump-may-proceed/2018/03/20/561d1d44-f498-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.9e18f3ded60c
Yep....more popcorn please....
