The former president, along with
They’ll be questioned about Trump’s paid endorsement of ACN Opportunity LLC and its clunky desktop video phones on “Celebrity Apprentice.” Plaintiffs say Trump falsely claimed he wasn’t being paid for the promotions and lied about his belief in the product and the risks involved.
The filing is the first indication of how long the Trumps will be questioned and who else tied to the Trump Organization will be deposed. The Trumps, who failed to get the 2018 case dismissed, had agreed in March to sit for questioning by the end of June as ordered by a judge, but will miss those dates due to a delay in handing over related documents.
Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The depositions were arranged after negotiations with investors who claim Trump duped them into paying thousands of dollars to become independent sellers with ACN. The company’s video-phone device was praised by Trump for years as the next big thing in communication before flopping.
The depositions will by conducted by attorneys at Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, whose founder
Kaplan didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
The case is: McKoy v. Trump Corp., 1:18-cv-9936, US District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
(Updates with detail from the deposition plan)
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