BREAKING: Apprentice Contestant Summer Zervos Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump

[DonViejo]

Source: LawNewz


Los Angeles based attorney Gloria Allred held a press conference on Tuesday during which she announced that former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump, accusing him of lying about touching her in a sexually inappropriate way.

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During the press conference, Allred described the alleged actions she says Trump did to Zervos several years ago. She further accused Trump of defamation for knowingly lying in October when he was asked about what allegedly happened with Zervos.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that sitting presidents can face civil lawsuits during their tenure in office for conduct that allegedly occurred before they took office or for conduct unrelated to official duties as president. However, that does not mean Trump will necessarily face a lawsuit. As LawNewz.com’s Ronn Blitzer previously wrote:

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Allred claims Zervos volunteered to take a polygraph test and passed the exam, according to the expert.



Read more: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/breaking-apprentice-contestant-summer-zervos-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-trump/

[DrToast]

1. Can't you hire someone other than Gloria Allred?

Sheesh.

[jaysunb]

5. Ken Starr was not available. n/t

[tavernier]

23. But to her credit

she seems to be the only person in the country who is actively working and fighting to hold him responsible for these acts. I hear a a lot of angry talk without any attempt to find solutions. So Go Glo!!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

25. +1 nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. I agree. No other attorneys stepping up to help these women victimized

By a powerful POS.

She's not afraid to represent them for justice, then GOOD for her.

And if it was a male lawyer, would people be less insulting, I wonder?

[Lil Missy]

29. She's good at this - you don't have to like her. n/t

[mopinko]

30. yeah. likability is not a necessary asset for an attorney.

often a liability.

[Lil Missy]

31. His supporters like her.

[pennylane100]

2. let's keep those lawsuits coming.

this is certainly one way to get under that thin skin.

[Gothmog]

3. This is the first of many such lawsuits

[hlthe2b]

4. hmm... one wonders if this might not be a backdoor avenue to getting at some of those tapes...

[Pachamama]

7. Ding ding ding!!!

You just got the prize for best answer!

I believe this lawsuit is by design...

[2naSalit]

15. I hope the other

persons in those tapes have their own copies. Perhaps cheato sent them out as blackmail.

[herding cats]

17. That was my first thought.

It'll be interesting to see what this unearths.

[myrna minx]

19. The joys of the discovery process.

[SunSeeker]

6. K & R

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

8. Laying more groundwork for impeachment...

I would not be surprised if efforts to impeach Trump begins the second he is sworn in.

[annabanana]

27. I am counting on it . . . . . n/t

[Greg K]

9. Please let this make the Apprentice tapes public. nt

[mainer]

10. Allred says she will subpoena Apprentice tapes!

So yay! Now we'll finally get to hear them all!

[packman]

11. BUT - What ever happened to all those other lawsuits?

Seems there was a flurry of them just a few months ago from women he fondled and handled. I'd like to see something come of this one, but have my doubts.

[2naSalit]

16. Pressure by threat?

[Glimmer of Hope]

12. Twitter implying that she is ugly, fat or not his type in a few.

[Kittycow]

13. At least Gloria Allred is aggressive and seemingly won't back down.

Of course there will probably be gag orders and confidential settlements.

[nini]

22. She annoys me at times

but she's got bigger balls than the donald and all his team put together.

[mainer]

14. Trump defamed a lot of women. Maybe they'll join this lawsuit

I'm thinking in particular of Natasha Stoynoff, the PEOPLE Magazine reporter. She had a powerful story, multiple people backing up her allegations, yet Trump defamed her as well.

Go, girls.

[JudyM]

28. The resistance this will get on the "right" could turn this into a gender war.

[Princess Turandot]

18. Countdown to Trump attacking Gloria on Twitter...

given that Ms. Allred has already bested him on a legal matter a few years ago, forcing him to permit a transgender woman to compete in one of his beauty pageants. (It might have been Miss Canada.) He doesn't like her very much!

[get the red out]

20. I hope she is in an undisclosed location!

She is very brave.

[yallerdawg]

21. Ms. Allred, Ms. Zervos and "others" TBA will be marching Saturday...

in Washington DC!

[NewJeffCT]

24. how soon until she receives death threats

from Trump's Horde of Deplorables? How soon until all of her personal information is dumped out online?