A Guardian investigation this summer found that the lawsuit appeared to have been coordinated by a former producer on the Jerry Springer TV show who has been associated in the past with a range of disputed claims involving celebrities including OJ Simpson and Kurt Cobain. A publicist acting for “Jane Doe” also attempted to sell a video in which the woman describes her allegations against Trump to media outlets at a $1m price tag.

The court order gives no details of the legal complaint raised by “Jane Doe”. It instructs all parties to the case to set out in advance the nature of the allegations and the “principal defenses”, as well as any previous motions and discovery as well as the “estimated length of trial”.

Karnal wrote on Oct 14^th, 2016 at 3:27pm:


Yep, I saw that.

" ... presiding judge, Ronnie Abrams, scheduled a conference hearing between both legal teams for December 16.

"The meet is intended to decipher whether this legal complaint goes to trial or can be settled out of court."

Pretrial conference

The Guardian investigation found that a publicist calling himself “Al Taylor” attempted to sell the videotape of “Jane Doe” relating her allegations for $1m. It linked Taylor through a variety of means including shared email addresses and phone numbers to Norm Lubow, who used to work on Springer’s daytime talk show.

Lubow was connected to a contentious claim, raised in the 1998 documentary movie Kurt and Courtney, that Courtney Love offered a fellow musician $50,000 to murder her husband, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Love denied the charge.

According to the New York Post, Lubow was also behind a tabloid newspaper story that OJ Simpson bought illicit drugs on the day his estranged wife Nicole Brown was killed.

When the Guardian quizzed “Al Taylor” about his true identity, the publicist replied: “Just be warned, we’ll sue you if we don’t like what you write. We’ll sue your ass, own your ass and own your newspaper’s ass as well, punk.”

The Trump presidential campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the forthcoming court proceedings. A lawyer for the Trump Organization told the Guardian in July: “This is basically a sham lawsuit brought by someone who desires to impact the presidential election.”

lee wrote on Oct 14^th, 2016 at 3:16pm:


A pretrial conference.

Karnal wrote on Oct 14^th, 2016 at 5:57pm:



Saw today on the news that Trumps lawyers asked one of the networks to stop showing these 'false' (his words, not mine) allegations designed to tarnish his name or they'll be sued. The network wrote back to them and refused.

I don't think the network would take such a stand if they thought the claims were 'trumped' up.

"We did what the law allows," an attorney for the Times wrote. "We published newsworthy information about a subject of deep public concern. If Mr. Trump disagrees, if he believes that American citizens had no right to hear what these women had to say and that the law of this country forces us and those who would criticize him to stand silent or be punished, we welcome the opportunity to have a court set him straight."

Karnal wrote on Oct 14^th, 2016 at 5:57pm:



Saw today on the news that Trumps lawyers asked one of the networks to stop showing these 'false' (his words, not mine) allegations designed to tarnish his name or they'll be sued. The network wrote back to them and refused.

I don't think the network would take such a stand if they thought the claims were 'trumped' up.

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