Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant files defamation lawsuit against Trump
Former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, who accused Donald Trump of inappropriate sexual conduct, filed a defamation lawsuit on Tuesday against the president-elect, her attorney, Gloria Allred, announced.
“The lawsuit alleges that Ms. Zervos had been subjected to unwanted sexual touching by Donald Trump and that she had told family and friends about the incidents not long after these incidents occurred,” Allred said during a press conference held Tuesday.
Allred said Zervos decided not to take any action against the president-elect or go public with her story at the time it happened.
{mosads}But that changed in October of last year, Allred said.
Multiple women came forward then to accuse Trump of sexual misconduct after the release of a 2005 “Access Hollywood” video in which Trump is heard making lewd comments about women.
Allred has in the past harshly criticized Trump, calling him a “fourth-rate politician and a fifth-rate human.”
“Please understand that you will not intimidate me,” she said in a statement directed at Trump. “Others who are smarter, richer and more famous than you have tried and failed.”
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