A Miss USA contestant hit with a $5 million judgment for saying the pageant run by Donald Trump was rigged is now suing her lawyer for mishandling the defamation case.

Sheena Monnin had signed a contract with Miss USA requiring mandatory, binding arbitration of disputes, but Richard Klineburger III told her not to participate, she claims in Monnin v. Klineburger & Nussey.

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