Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas 'The Apprentice' Recordings
Source: The New York Times
By NIRAJ CHOKSHI MAY 2, 2018
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar.
A lawyer for Ms. Zervos, who is suing Mr. Trump for defamation in New York, said on Wednesday that subpoenas had been issued both to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which owns archives of the reality show, and to the Beverly Hills Hotel, where Ms. Zervos says he groped her in 2007.
Were gathering evidence that we believe will prove that the defendant lied when he falsely denigrated Ms. Zervos and when he denied sexually assaulting her, said the lawyer, Mariann Wang of Cuti Hecker Wang.
Ms. Zervos, a Republican, was among the more than 10 women who came forward during the 2016 presidential campaign to accuse Mr. Trump of inappropriate sexual contact. He denied all of their claims.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/02/nyregion/summer-zervos-trump-apprentice.html
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)Perseus
(4,341 posts)onetexan
(13,042 posts)rurallib
(62,423 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)It will all be exposed. He has been trying to hide this stuff for a long time. I hope she is successful.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)come out, the ones that people like Tom Arnold have been hinting about for a long time. Filled with racist, profanity-laden rants, apparently.
FakeNoose
(32,645 posts)We know he's been saying that horrible sexist, racist crap for most of his life. We know that it was all taped and edited out of the Apprentice show because Cheeto couldn't follow a script. He just made stuff up as he went along. The producers have it all on tape.
DoctorJoJo
(1,134 posts)stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)As my favorite Judge used to say, yes, this could be no more than a fishing expedition, but what if this subpoena might actually catch a fish?
There is no privilege at play here. What grounds does Trump have to avoid this discovery?
raven mad
(4,940 posts)is going to round up all the victims and file a class-action suit....
Vinca
(50,276 posts)How on earth would the Trump cult defend him then?