Court lets ex-Apprentice contestant’s defamation suit against Trump proceed

Donald Trump (Alex Brandon/PA)

Donald Trump could face questioning under oath about a former Apprentice contestant’s sexual assault allegations against him, following a ruling from New York’s highest court.

Evidence-gathering has been on hold in Summer Zervos’s defamation lawsuit since Mr Trump asked the high court last year to declare the that the presidency protected him from being sued in state courts.