Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Woman (Summer Zervos) suing Trump for defamation loses bid for evidence about other women
Source: Reuters
POLITICS OCTOBER 26, 2018 / 11:47 AM / UPDATED 20 HOURS AGO
Woman suing Trump for defamation loses bid for evidence about other women
Brendan Pierson
2 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former contestant on the television show “The Apprentice” who accused U.S. President Donald Trump in a lawsuit of defaming her by denying her claim that he kissed and groped her against her will, lost a motion to compel Trump to answer requests for evidence related to accusations against him by other women.
Justice Jennifer Schecter of the New York state court in Manhattan on Friday ruled at a hearing that Trump must turn over evidence and answer questions related directly to the former contestant, Summer Zervos, but not about claims involving other women that are “factually completely unrelated to her and her claim.”
However, the judge said Trump must answer questions and turn over documents related to “whether he had a strategy in responding” to allegations by other women that are already public, including the names of people who worked on such responses.
More than a dozen women have accused Trump of making unwanted sexual advances against them years before he entered politics.
“Although the Court did not grant her motion in its entirety, plaintiff believes this decision will permit her to obtain additional proof of her claim against defendant,” Mariann Wang, a lawyer for Zervos, said in an email statement. “We look forward to proving her claim.”
-snip-
Woman suing Trump for defamation loses bid for evidence about other women
Brendan Pierson
2 MIN READ
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former contestant on the television show “The Apprentice” who accused U.S. President Donald Trump in a lawsuit of defaming her by denying her claim that he kissed and groped her against her will, lost a motion to compel Trump to answer requests for evidence related to accusations against him by other women.
Justice Jennifer Schecter of the New York state court in Manhattan on Friday ruled at a hearing that Trump must turn over evidence and answer questions related directly to the former contestant, Summer Zervos, but not about claims involving other women that are “factually completely unrelated to her and her claim.”
However, the judge said Trump must answer questions and turn over documents related to “whether he had a strategy in responding” to allegations by other women that are already public, including the names of people who worked on such responses.
More than a dozen women have accused Trump of making unwanted sexual advances against them years before he entered politics.
“Although the Court did not grant her motion in its entirety, plaintiff believes this decision will permit her to obtain additional proof of her claim against defendant,” Mariann Wang, a lawyer for Zervos, said in an email statement. “We look forward to proving her claim.”
-snip-
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-apprentice/woman-suing-trump-for-defamation-loses-bid-for-evidence-about-other-women-idUSKCN1N027T
