Posted on 01/17/2017 3:50:22 PM PST by Pinkbell
A woman who previously accused Donald Trump of unwanted sexual advances has filed a defamation lawsuit against the president elect — just three days before Trump's presidential inauguration.
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on the "The Apprentice," said in a press conference with attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles on Tuesday that she filed the lawsuit over allegedly false statements Trump made in response to her accusation.
The suit, filed Tuesday morning, claims Trump knew his statements about Zervos and his other accusers would subject them to "threats of violence, economic harm and reputational damage."
Allred said Zervos would be willing to dismiss the lawsuit without any monetary damages if Trump agreed to retract his comments about her and admit that the accusations against him were in fact true.
"Ms. Zervos is willing to dismiss her lawsuit if he will retract his false statements about her and acknowledge that what Summer said about Mr. Trump and his alleged conduct is and was the truth," she said.
Zervos claimed in an October press conference that Trump sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions during a 2007 business meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
She said Trump made unwanted sexual advances toward her on multiple occasions during the meeting, kissing her on the lips, pressing himself against her and groping her breast and body without her consent.
Trump has vehemently denied the claims. In response to Tuesday's press conference, Trump's spokeswoman Hope Hicks provided the following statement to NBC News: "More of the same from Gloria Allred. There is no truth to this absurd story."
On the campaign trail, Trump said Zervos and his other accusers were liars, according to the lawsuit, and that she and the other women were motivated to come forward by the promise of "ten minutes of fame."
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Lie detector tests don’t mean squat in court. (an attorney may shoot me down on this, but as I understand it, the following is true)
Folks can lie and pass.
Folks can tell the truth and get a false negative.
They are mostly used (IMO) to sway public opinion.
I think of Alred in the same class as the ACLU.
That’s been my opinion for years. I think she plays the public.
BTW: We have no way to verify if Trump kissed her on the lips or not.
I hope folks don’t take that as the gospel truth.
It’s my take that Trump has a number of top rank lawyers on retainer.
Being as important as their jobs are for him, I doubt he’s picked light-weights to be on his payroll.
He’s just obstinate enough to produce a video of him greeting her cordially without the kisses.
If so, it might be interesting to see how much this woman is willing to fork out in a counter-suit.
Remember:
This lady could have taken the test ten times before she passed one. Then they talk about her passing that one.
Now this may be unethical, and forbidden. I don’t know. It’s what I’d be thinking if it were me.
Trump is no soft touch.
If Bill didn’t get impeached for leaving his, er, remains on a woman’s dress and lying about it, I think Trump will be ok.
They don't want to go there, because Trump will remind them in successive tweets about Monica in the Oval Office. ;o)
Trump should counter sue.Lie,detector not admissable.
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