Apprentice Contestant Sues Trump For Defamation

Talking Points Memo reports:

Former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos announced during a Tuesday press conference with high-profile attorney Gloria Allred that she filed a defamation lawsuit against President-elect Donald Trump.

“Today I filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump for defamation,” Zervos said, speaking to reporters in Los Angeles. “On Nov. 11, 2016, I called on Mr. Trump to retract his statements against me calling me a liar. I also called upon him to state that what I said about his behavior towards me was true. More than two months have gone by and he has not issued that retraction.”

Zervos said that Trump’s refusal to retract his statements about her and several other women who accused him of inappropriately touching or kissing them has left her with “no alternative” to filing a lawsuit.

Zervos says she’ll drop the suit if he admits that he groped her. The Supreme Court ruled in 1997 that sitting presidents can be sued in civil court for incidents that occurred before they took office or for conduct unrelated to official duties as president. Thank you, Paula Jones?