A court in New York City on Tuesday ruled that a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump can move forward. The appeals court granted a request from Summer Zervos, who appeared on the Trump reality TV show “The Apprentice,” to dismiss the former president’s appeal. The one-line ruling (pdf) stated, “Motion to dismiss appeal granted and appeal dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that the issues presented have become moot.” Zervos alleged in 2016 that Trump, when he was a candidate for president, made untoward advances during a lunch meeting at his New York office and at a hotel in Beverly Hills in 2007. She filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump in 2017 after Trump—in denying her allegations—said that she and other women made politically motivated accusations during his 2016 campaign. Trump said in 2016 that “every woman lied when they came forward to hurt my campaign,” and “all …
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