President Donald Trump is not immune from a defamation suit filed in state court in Manhattan by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who says Trump groped her more than a decade ago, a New York Supreme Court justice has ruled.

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the suit by Summer Zervos, who alleges in a lawsuit filed just after his inauguration that the president defamed her by stating publicly that Zervos lied about the alleged attacks, or to stay the action until Trump leaves office.

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