Noted women’s rights lawyer Gloria Allred says she believes the defamation lawsuit she’s filed against President Donald Trump will go to court, where she expects a “battle.”
“I am hopeful, but there are very complicated legal issues involved. We’ve made our arguments, he’s made his motion to dismiss the arguments, we’ve made our arguments in opposition, they’ve replied, and now we’re waiting to see what the court will do,” Allred told The Daily Beast.
“The judge appears to be a very bright judge who asked the right questions from both sides. It’s going to be a battle.”
Allred is representing “The Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, who was called a liar by Trump after she claimed she was assaulted by him at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007.
“The reason we filed this lawsuit is because we believe the truth matters. That’s the reason. We believe truth matters, and we believe that if a person believes — or has reason to believe — that they were defamed, they should have a right to pursue the person that defamed them,” Allred said.
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“The judge appears to be a very bright judge who asked the right questions from both sides. It’s going to be a battle.”
“The judge appears to be a very bright judge who asked the right questions from both sides. It’s going to be a battle.”
Allred is representing “The Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, who was called a liar by Trump after she claimed she was assaulted by him at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007.
“The reason we filed this lawsuit is because we believe the truth matters. That’s the reason. We believe truth matters, and we believe that if a person believes — or has reason to believe — that they were defamed, they should have a right to pursue the person that defamed them,” Allred said.
Allred is representing “The Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, who was called a liar by Trump after she claimed she was assaulted by him at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007.
Summer Zervos Sues Trump for Defamation Over Sexual Assault Claims
LOS ANGELES – Summer Zervos, a former contestant on the NBC-reality show The Apprentice announced in a press conference on January 17 that she filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for defamation when he said she fabricated claims of sexual assault against him during the presidential campaign.
The announcement was made with Zervos’ lawyer Gloria Allred by her side just days before the inauguration. More than ten women made accusations of inappropriate sexual contact against Trump during the 2016 election campaign. He denied all the accusations.
Zervos alleges Trump defamed her in tweets and at rallies when he said her claims were fabricated.
She also alleged in November that Trump accosted her in New York City and at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2007.
The latest lawsuit had no new claims of sexual misconduct. Allred is a Democratic activist, but said she has had no contact with Hillary Clinton about the suit. Zervos said she will drop her lawsuit if Trump retracts his claims.
Trump has said he never acted inappropriately toward Zervos. Trump’s spokeswoman, Hope Hicks, said Tuesday there is “no truth to this absurd story,” as reported by the Associated Press.
“I want Mr. Trump to know that I would still be willing to dismiss my case against him immediately for no monetary compensation if he will simply retract his false and defamatory statements about me and acknowledge that I told the truth about him,” Zervos said, reading from a statement, as reported by the Guardian.
Filed in New York State Supreme Court, the 20-page suit calls Trump a sexual predator and misogynist who assaulted many women and then abused his political position to mark them as liars.
“But it was Donald Trump who was lying when he falsely denied his predatory misconduct with Summer Zervos, and derided her for perpetrating a ‘hoax’ and making up a ‘phony’ story to get attention,” it said, as quoted in the Guardian.