• Summer Zervos leaves Manhattan Supreme Court at the conclusion of a hearing in New York in December. On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals turned down President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay a defamation suit filed by the former contestant on 'The Apprentice,' who accused him of unwanted groping and kissing. Zervos says Trump made unwanted advances in 2007, then defamed her by saying she lied. | AP
    Summer Zervos leaves Manhattan Supreme Court at the conclusion of a hearing in New York in December. On Thursday, the New York Court of Appeals turned down President Donald Trump's latest bid to delay a defamation suit filed by the former contestant on "The Apprentice," who accused him of unwanted groping and kissing. Zervos says Trump made unwanted advances in 2007, then defamed her by saying she lied. | AP

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NEW YORK – New York state’s highest court on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest bid to avoid potentially having to answer questions under oath in a defamation lawsuit by a former contestant on his television show “The Apprentice.”

The state’s Court of Appeals dismissed Trump’s request to halt Summer Zervos’ lawsuit for calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual misconduct.

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