Posted on 01/17/2017 8:30:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Celebrity attorney Gloria Allred has filed a defamation lawsuit against President-elect Trump on behalf of Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice.” Zervos is one of several women who came forward with accusations of sexual harassment late last year. From NBC News:
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.”…
“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…
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.”
Allred announced the lawsuit at a press conference Tuesday. Zervos made a brief statement saying, “On November 11, 2016, I called on Mr. Trump to retract his statements about me, calling me a liar.” She continued, “I also called upon him to state that what I said about his behavior toward me was true.
“More than two months have gone by and he has not issued that retraction. I wanted to give Mr. Trump the opportunity to retract his false statements about me and the other women who came forward. Since Mr. Trump has not issued a retraction as I requested, he has therefore left me with no alternative other than to sue him in order to vindicate me reputation.”
Allred cited Clinton vs. Jones as a precedent for the fact that even the President of the United States can be subject to a deposition and, potentially, a trial. The NY Times points out another way in which the Paula Jones case could be a precedent:
When Paula Jones sued Bill Clinton, powerful conservative backers bankrolled and pressed her case until the sitting president of the United States was deposed under oath and fatefully denied having sexual relations with that woman, Monica Lewinsky. The result: the first and only impeachment of an elected president.
Ms. Zervos could well have the same kind of political muscle behind her from the left.
Here is the full press conference:
Didn’t need Wikileaks to know that she was a tool. Just be glad you don’t have to wake next to “it” in the morning.
Is it just me or does Summer Zervos sound like a skin condition?
They know that Trump is so swamped in MAGA that they think he will be tempted to just go the easy route and be done with it. No more law suite, no money. What it does, however, is set Trump up as a liar for the other cases Gloria has ready to go.
Let’s not forget that someone tried to frame the President-elect for child rape. The charges were dropped, and the case was exposed as a fraud, but framing someone for a felony is a crime itself. Lisa Bloom, Allred’s daughter was an attorney on that case.
AG Sessions should investigate ASAP.
Well, per Wikileaks, she had a meeting in August with the finance chairman of the DNC. Most likely getting her slushfund ( to pay the bimbos ) and her fee in advance.
How is that this “attorney” has not been disciplined or disbarred yet? Is there any code of professional conduct in the State of California?
the only women I know that would claim inappropriate advances in the form of a ‘hug’ and then sit down and share a ham sandwich while begging money from the person, are bat hanging cray cray or golddiggers, either or
Which one is the whore, the lawyer or the other woman?
Allred is giving Johnny Cochran a run for the title of the most sleazy lawyer in the country. She might even outdo him given a couple more “celebrity” cases.
Then she can claim the “Al Sharpton Most Despicable Person Award”, awarded to only the country’s top sleazeballs and media whores, both of which she is highly qualified for.
Someone must have coughed up some more money so Gloria Allred could take a 2nd run at creating another "nothing burger."
Allred is NOT doing this out of the kindness of her heart.
Someone is greasing the wheels.
Clinton’s. This reeks of Hill & Bill.
Or a seasonal food. As in “Are you coming to the barbecue on saturday? I’m making summer zervos!”
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Summer may end up with buyer’s remorse once Gloria feels she has milked her for all the available publicity....
Legal Kabuki. If she can get a judge to go along she’ll file all kinds of motions for discovery and attempt to depose various people — but it’ll NEVER go to trial. It’s about generating smoke between now and the next election.
You want to file a defamation lawsuit against the most powerful man in the world with any and all culvert entities at his disposal? Good luck.
The woman made herself a public figure by attacking Trump. Defamation won’t fly. Dirty hands.
I think it’s more about AllRed keeping her face before the public.
She’s been my definition of an ambulance chaser for decades, and each time she would hold these idiotic press conferences so she could look ever so important.
As bad as attorneys are these days, you don’t see the AllRed tactic too often.
She is the queen of overplaying your hand in public.
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