Judge Moves Summer Zervos Defamation Lawsuit Forward, Setting Up Trump Deposition – By Colin Kalmbacher (Law and Crime) / Npv 19 2019
A New York State Supreme Court judge has denied President Donald Trump‘s bid for a stay in the ongoing defamation lawsuit against him filed by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos. The ruling sets up a potential deposition for Trump, perhaps by end of year or by end of Jan. 2020.
Law&Crime obtained a copy of the decision signed by Judge Jennifer G. Schecter late Monday.
“[Trump] yet again sought to stay this case, and yet again was denied that emergency application this evening,” Zervos’s attorney Mariann Wang said in an email.
Trump’s attorneys had argued for “an order granting stay of the trial court proceedings pending the outcome of motion for reargument or leave to appeal” and claimed such a stay was necessary “given the novel and important Constitutional issues involved, the special considerations due the President’s request for interlocutory appeals and to prevent irreparable harm.”
The 45th president has previously moved for a stay in the same court and was previously denied that request as well.
“On May 17, 2018, this Court denied defendant’s April 2 motion for a stay pending appeal of the trial court’s order,” Trump’s attorneys note. “However, this was prior to this Court’s 3-2 split decision, the long discovery hiatus in the trial court, and the stays granted to the President in similar cases by this Court, and the United States Courts of Appeal for the Second, Fourth and D.C. Circuits.”
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