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Wednesday 18 May 2016
Trump University lawsuit headed
to New York’s highest courtÂ
MICHAEL VIRTANEN Schneiderman alleges It had received complaints
Associated Press that prompted an investi-
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Pre- Trump University was unli- gation beginning in 2011.
sumptive Republican presi- The attorney general said
dential nominee Donald censed and promised les- that many of the 5,000
Trump probably won’t students who paid up to
have to defend himself sons with real estate experts $35,000 each thought they
against a civil fraud lawsuit would at least meet Trump
linked to his failed real es- hand-picked by Trump but but instead all they got
tate school until after the was their photos taken in
election. didn’t deliver. The university front of a life-size picture of
The state’s highest court is “The Apprentice†TV star.q
expected to decide next changed its name before
year whether to dismiss a
fraud lawsuit by the state’s closing in 2010. In this Tuesday, May 10, 2016 file photo, Republican presiden-
Democratic attorney gen- tial candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during
eral seeking more than $40 Trump, a billionaire New an interview with The Associated Press in his office at Trump
million in restitution for thou- Tower, in New York.Â
sands of Trump University York real estate mogul and
students plus penalties. Associated Press
In March, the midlevel Ap- former reality television
pellate Division rejected
Trump’s request to dismiss show star, has denied any
the 2013 lawsuit. That court
on Tuesday granted The wrongdoing.
Trump Entrepreneur Initia-
tive’s request to file a fur- Trump attorney Alan Gar-
ther appeal. That normally
means arguments and a ten said Tuesday that
ruling at the Court of Ap-
peals in a year. they’re pleased to have
The midlevel court also
had denied Attorney Gen- the opportunity to pursue
eral Eric Schneiderman’s
request for an immediate the case and that one
judgment, saying issues
of fact need to be deter- prominent issue is whether
mined at trial.
the applicable statute of
limitations is three years for
claims, as they maintain, or
six years.
“It would have an effect
on how many potential
people would be involved
in the claims,†he said.
Schneiderman said he’s
confident the top court
will reject most of Trump’s
claims.
“It’s no surprise that Donald
Trump is using every legal
option to avoid standing tri-
al for operating a sham for-
profit university,†he said.
Schneiderman’s office filed
the lawsuit in August 2013.
