{"id":285929,"date":"2017-01-18T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285929"},"modified":"2017-01-18T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T12:00:47","slug":"trump-sued-for-defamation-by-former-apprentice-summer-zervos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/trump-sued-for-defamation-by-former-apprentice-summer-zervos\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump sued for defamation by former Apprentice Summer Zervos"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former Apprentice contestant who accuses US President-elect Donald Trump of sexual assault has filed a defamation lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n
Summer Zervos, who alleges Mr Trump forced himself on her in 2007, said he lied to the nation about his behaviour.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit, which Ms Zervos announced at a news conference, alleges Mr Trump is a “liar and misogynist” who “debased and denigrated” her.<\/p>\n
The news came just three days before Mr Trump is sworn in as president.<\/p>\n
Mr Trump faced a spate of sexual misconduct allegations in the run up to the election, all of which he has denied.<\/p>\n
At the time, he dismissed them as “false and ridiculous” and said they were “sick” and driven by fame, money or politics.<\/p>\n
“Since Mr Trump has not issued a retraction, as I requested, he has therefore left me with no alternative but to sue him in order to vindicate my reputation,” Ms Zervos told journalists in Los Angeles on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
She was joined by her lawyer, Gloria Allred, a Democratic party activist, who said the plaintiff’s allegations had passed a lie detector test.<\/p>\n
‘Thrown under the bus’<\/strong><\/p>\n Ms Zervos is one of several women who came forward to accuse the incoming 45th president of sexual assault after the October release of a 2005 videotape in which he is heard making lewd comments about groping women.<\/p>\n The 41-year-old former reality show contestant said Mr Trump had sexually assaulted her during a meeting to discuss job opportunities at a Beverly Hills hotel.<\/p>\n She said he “began thrusting his genitals” as she fended off his advances.<\/p>\n