Trump Sues Assault Accuser Zervos Alleging Bad-Faith Lawsuit

Former president Donald Trump is suing his onetime “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos for allegedly filing a bad-faith defamation suit against him in violation of New York law.

Trump’s notice of his counterclaim against Zervos was filed in New York state court Monday, about two weeks after the judge overseeing the defamation case set a December deadline for Trump to be questioned under oath in a videotaped deposition. Zervos, who claims Trump assaulted her in a Beverly Hills hotel room more than a decade ago, sued him for defamation after he called her a liar just before the 2016 election. ...