Trump Organization agrees to produce Trump calendars in defamation lawsuit

Zervos claims that Trump kissed her twice on the lips during a lunch in her office in New York City in 2007. On another occasion in Beverly Hills, California, she kissed him for aggressively and touched his chest. Trump denied the allegations and, at a campaign rally, dismissed charges brought by Zervos and other women, calling them "total fiction" and "all that is wrong".

Last week, the judge seized of the Zervos defamation case allowed part of his motion to compel Trump to provide answers or documents to some of the elements of the case.

However, the judge dismissed Zervos' other interrogation requests, finding that the information she was seeking concerning other women, such as those who had accused Trump of sexual assault, did Were not relevant in this case and would not lead to admissible evidence.

Last week's decision was a partial victory for Trump because it limits the amount of evidence that can be collected and made public in the case. But it was also a partial victory for Zervos, because it allows him to move forward.

When Zervos spoke in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, Trump rejected his claims. Since the presumptive statute of limitations was out of date, Zervos and his attorney, Gloria Allred, sued Trump for libel.

After the filing of the lawsuit, Trump's lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, claiming that a president enjoyed immunity from such lawsuits in state courts.

Judge Jennifer Schecter authorized the Zervos case to go ahead and wrote in a decision: "No one is above the law." It is established that the President of the United States does not enjoy the same. no immunity and is "subject to the law" for purely private acts. "