Former “Apprentice” contest Summer Zervos has subpoenaed President Trump to turn over any documents involving accusations of sexual misconduct raised during his presidential campaign.
Zervos filed a subpoena in March that also names the president’s campaign organization and any applicable “directors, officers, partners, shareholders, managers, attorneys, employees, agents and representatives” as subjects, according to BuzzFeed.
Shortly before the 2016 presidential election, Zervos said that she first met Trump while a candidate on Season 5 of “Apprentice,” and contacted his office in 2007 to inquire about having lunch with him. Trump instead offered to meet her at his office, she said.
“When I arrived he kissed me on the lips,” Zervos said in a January news conference also attended by her attorney, Gloria Allred. The lawsuit says that Trump “kissed [Zervos] on the mouth repeatedly, he touched her breast, and he pressed his genitals up against her.” He has denied her allegations and called her story “totally made-up nonsense.”
Zervos filed a defamation lawsuit, saying that she was falsely branded a liar after she went public with her allegations. The president’s legal team tried to have the suit dismissed in July, claiming that a sitting president cannot face a civil lawsuit. Allred filed an opposition to that motion to dismiss, which Trump must answer by Oct 31.
“The subpoena was served, but we agreed with the campaign to adjourn their response date until after the motion to dismiss is decided, as long as they gave us assurances that the documents be preserved (which they did.),” Allred told NBC News via email.
10 Women Trump Attacked Based on Looks, from Mika Brzezinski to Heidi Klum (Photos)
Donald Trump's "face-lift" jab at "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski was denounced by all sides. But it was far from the first time he has attacked female critics by insulting their looks, as these 13 women prove.
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Mika Brzezinski
Trump tweeted: "How come low I.Q. Crazy Mika...came to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"
Jolie has been named "most beautiful woman in the world" by Vogue, Vanity Fair, and others. But in 2007, Trump deemed the liberal actress and humanitarian unattractive: "I do understand beauty, and she's not."
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Katarina Witt
Not even a champion Olympic figure skater is exempt from Trump's insults. In November 1992, Trump told New York Magazine that Witt "could only be described as attractive if you like a woman with a bad complexion who is built like a linebacker."
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Carly Fiorina
In an attempt to discredit rival Carly Fiorina during the Republican primaries, Trump said in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, "Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?"
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Arianna Huffington
In 2012, he took to Twitter to insult the liberal co-creator of the Huffington Post: ".@ariannahuff is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man- he made a good decision."
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Rosie O'Donnell
Trump said on a 2006 episode of "Entertainment Tonight": "Rosie O'Donnell is disgusting, both inside and out. If you take a look at her, she's a slob...If I were running The View, I'd fire Rosie. I'd look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say, 'Rosie, you're fired."
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Alicia Machado
The former Miss Universe said Trump called her "Miss Piggy" and made other disparaging remarks about her body.
Cher
According to The Telegraph, Trump fired back at Cher in 2012 after the singer criticized then-Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. ".@cher--I don’t wear a “rug”—it’s mine. And I promise not to talk about your massive plastic surgeries that didn’t work," he tweeted.
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Heidi Klum
Trump told the New York Times in 2015 that Heidi Klum "sadly" was "no longer a 10." Klum clapped back at Trump's insult with this mocking tweet.
Heidi Cruz
Trump took on rival Ted Cruz by insulting Cruz's wife. Trump compared a less-than-flattering photo of Heidi with a glamor shot of Melania Trump and included the caption, "No need to 'spill the beans.' The images are worth a thousand words."
Donald Trump's "face-lift" jab at "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski was denounced by all sides. But it was far from the first time he has attacked female critics by insulting their looks, as these 13 women prove.