Trump lawyers push dismissal of sexual harassment lawsuit
By Josh Delk - 07/08/17 10:21 AM EDT Lawyers for President Trump called for the dismissal of a sexual harassment lawsuit against the president in court on Friday, claiming in part that the president cannot be sued in state court while in office.
The suit was filed by a former contestant on the president’s former NBC reality show “The Apprentice.”
Summer Zervos, who appeared on the reality show in 2006, filed a lawsuit claiming that Trump had defamed her with derogatory remarks about her complaints of sexual harassment during his 2016 campaign, according to the Washington Post.
Zervos has accused Trump of assaulting her at The Beverly Hills Hotel while discussing a job offer for her to start working for the Trump Organization after her stint on the reality show.
Marc Kasowitz, a Trump attorney who is also representing the president amid the ongoing investigation into possible Russian ties to his presidential campaign team, argued for the dismissal of the case in a 53-page memo to the court late Friday, the Post reported.
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/341092-trump-lawyers-push-dismissal-of-sexual-harassment-lawsuit
