Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Monday that she planned to use a 2020 New York law in response to Summer Zervos’ defamation lawsuit, the Associated Press reported.
A former contestant on The Apprentice, Zervos sued Trump for defamation over what he said when denying her sexual assault allegations in 2017. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump denied Zervos’ allegations and retweeted a message that called her claims “a hoax.” Trump described Zervos and other women who accused him of sexual misconduct as “liars.”
Former Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz called Zervos’ claims meritless and said Trump’s statements were protected by free speech rights.
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