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Judge Arlene Bluth of the New York State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that errors in the wording of a nondisclosure agreement between President Donald Trumps team and a former campaign staffer make it much smaller in scope, thus not preventing the case from going to open court, according to a Thursday Yahoo News report.
The initial lawsuit was filed by Jessica Denson, a former campaign aide who said that she experienced harassment and sexual discrimination while working on the 2016 bid. Per Yahoo, she is suing for $25 million for being subjected to severe and pervasive slander, aggravated harassment, attempted theft, cyberbullying, and sexual discrimination and harassment at the hands of staffers including Camilo Sandoval, her supervisor then and the current acting chief information officer at the VA.
Campaign lawyers countered by demanding $1.5 million in damages, alleging that she broke the signed agreement by publishing confidential information and disparaging statements. They then moved to take the case to private arbitration, claiming that she agreed to that when she signed the contract. As opposed to a normal trial, records from arbitration can be sealed.
Bluth ruled that, due to various wording errors and incorrect phrasing in the NDA, it did not prevent Denson from taking her case public.
This could have far-ranging effects, as the NDA Denson signed seems to be similar to the one Trump uses in the White House and at the Trump Organization, along with his campaign.
The ruling could be especially topical, as the Trump administration is currently trying to silence former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman by claiming that she violated the terms of the NDA.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/judge-rules-that-mistake-in-trump-nda-makes-it-void-could-apply-to-others
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)....for those who prefer to read actual rulings.....
https://www.scribd.com/document/386270519/Denson-v-Donald-J-Trump-for-President-Inc?secret_password=lwiAY7te5UY9Nv5YjphP
potone
(1,701 posts)and thought it said a mistake in Trumps DNA... For one moment I thought our troubles might be over! Sad!
Gothmog
(145,635 posts)trump's attorneys were beaten by a pro se plaintiff https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-says-trump-campaign-screwed-wording-confidentiality-agreements-025613573.html
Bluths ruling became public today when Denson tweeted a copy of the order. It is notable because Denson is representing herself and still defeated the Trump campaigns lawyers. The judges decision represents a rare victory for a pro se litigant, the legal term for a person proceeding in court on their own behalf against a party represented by licensed attorneys. Denson, a young actress, declined to comment on this story.
Trump cheats and does not pay his attorneys and so the good firms refuse to represent him. Here trump used a crappy form that was drafted by a weak law firm.
This result makes me smile