Stormy Is The Big News But Summer Zervos Subpoenas 'Apprentice' Records For Trump Talk About Women, Including Her
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In a noteworthy legal move, Summer Zervos, a former contestant on 'The Apprentice', who accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, is suing the president for defamation in New York. Alleging that he defamed her by calling her a liar for all the world to hear, Zervos announced through her attorney Mariann Wang of Cuti Hecker Wang on Wednesday that subpoenas had been issued both to Metro-Goldwn-Mayer, which owns archives of 'The Apprentice' and to the Beverly Hills Hotel, where she alleges that Trump groped her in 2007.
In the subpoena issued Wednesday, Wang asked MGM to turn over all documents, video or audio that feature Summer Zervos or Mr. Trump talking about Zervos. The subpoena also seeks any recording in which Mr. Trump speaks of women “in any sexual or inappropriate manner.”
According to the New York Times, "The hotel subpoena seeks records of any stay by Mr. Trump from 2005 through 2009 as well as documents related to his longtime bodyguard, Keith Schiller; his longtime assistant, Rhona Graff; or Ms. Zervos."
In March, Justice Jennifer Schecter of State Supreme Court in Manhattan ruled against Marc E. Kasowitz, who argued that the New York court had no jurisdiction over a sitting president, mandating that the suit proceed. "No one is above the law," Justice Schecter wrote. “It is settled that the president of the United States has no immunity and is ‘subject to the laws’ for purely private acts.”
Trump's team has appealed for a stay in the case.
