Donald Trump took to the courts again Monday to make sure no one ever sees what really went on behind the scenes on The Apprentice.
“The Court should stay all proceedings before it pending Defendants’ appeal from the Court’s denial of their Motion to Compel Arbitration, because fundamental fairness requires it,” says a letter sent from Trump family lawyer Joanna Hendon to U.S. District Court Judge Lorna Schofield seeking to wrap a legal shield around unseen footage from the NBC competition series, to which MGM owns the rights.
“Plaintiffs are now eight months into a third-party discovery campaign forbidden by the arbitration provisions to which they agreed – and to which Defendants have continually objected since August. The resulting prejudice to Defendants is obvious and incalculable” the Spears & Imas attorney adds, less than a week after the federal judge ordered the long-sought Apprentice video made public and rejected Trump and MGM’s desire to move the class action behind closed doors.
Over the years, rumors have persisted that Trump can be seen and heard on Apprentice footage using highly inappropriate language, to put it very politely. Despite several attempts to have the behind-the-scenes material from the Mark Burnett-EP’d series released, this court action has proven the closest to successful so far – though this appeal could see that hit a legal cul-de-sac soon if permitted.
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