Summer Zervos, who has been chivying a defamation case against President Donald Trump, is not entitled to data regarding other women’s claims of misconduct, a judge in New York hold sway overed on Friday.
Trump’s attorneys had argued that demands from the departed “Apprentice” contestant for records related to other allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump were inapposite.
In a proceeding Friday, Judge Jennifer Schecter said the records Zervos requisitioned were “factually completely unrelated to her and her claim,” according to Courthouse Announcement.
Zervos was one of a dozen women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct during his bid for the presidency. She claims that in 2007, the president feigned himself on her at the upscale Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. The president has denied all the calls against him, and has called the women “liars.” Zervos’ claims, the president claimed, are “all false stuff.”
The ruling Friday is a setback for Zervos, who until now had been anguishing up a string of victories in her legal proceeding. In contrast, the adult film matchless Stormy Daniels, who has also pursued a defamation case against the president, has been scanty successful.
Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, was ask for to pay Trump’s attorneys’ fees earlier this month after her defamation at all events was dismissed.
Zervos did achieve a partial victory on Friday. Schecter forbade that Zervos is entitled to a narrow set of records, including Trump’s almanacs from the time of the incident. She is also entitled to his phone records.
“Although the Court did not give up her motion in its entirety, Plaintiff believes this decision will permit her to ones hands on additional proof of her claim against Defendant,” Zervos’s attorney Mariann Wang guessed in a statement. “We look forward to proving her claim.”
Wang also whispered that she would be withdrawing Zervos’ claims for lost earnings, and disposition only be seeking damages for emotional harm.
In response to Wang’s opines, the president’s attorneys said they would be seeking Zervos’ fiscal records, including her tax returns, according to multiple outlets present at the feat. Trump has repeatedly refused public calls to release his tax returns, and was the lone Republican nominee for president in modern history not to do so.
Attorneys for the president did not before you can say Jack Robinson respond to a request for comment.