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Mary Trumps upcoming, explosive tell-all about the president has hit a temporary setback as a judge grants Robert Trump a temporary restraining order to halt publication.
Lachlan Cartwright
Senior Reporter
William Bredderman
Researcher
Updated Jun. 30, 2020 2:17PM ET / Published Jun. 30, 2020 12:42PM ET
A judge on Tuesday granted Robert Trump a temporary restraining order halting the publication of Mary Trumps upcoming tell-all, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Worlds Most Dangerous Man.
The injunction marks the first, tentative win for President Donald Trumps younger brother in his war to stop the publication of his nieces memoir, which The Daily Beast revealed earlier this month would contain allegations embarrassing to the First Family. The Trump siblings have maintained that the book, to be published by Simon & Schuster, violates the confidentiality clause that Mary Trump signed off on in the settlement of family patriarch Fred Trump Sr.s estate.
Robert Trump and his celebrity attorney Charles Harder made their first play to block the book in Queens Surrogate Courtbut the judge junked the suit almost immediately, telling the elder Trumps to refile in state Supreme Court. They took the advice, and submitted a new request for a temporary restraining order in Robert Trumps home turf of Dutchess County, in upstate New York.
Robert Trump and his celebrity attorney Charles Harder made their first play to block the book in Queens Surrogate Courtbut the judge junked the suit almost immediately, telling the elder Trumps to refile in state Supreme Court. They took the advice, and submitted a new request for a temporary restraining order in Robert Trumps home turf of Dutchess County, in upstate New York.
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grumpyduck
(6,246 posts)She probably didn't write it for the money.
tableturner
(1,683 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)It's taking a pause until the judge can hear both sides to decide what's really going on.
There is no evidence made public that there truly was a Non-Disclosure Agreement and if there is, whether it was signed or what the terms of the Agreement are. For all we know, the judge may find the provisions to be unconscionable and nullify the Agreement.
erronis
(15,328 posts)tableturner
(1,683 posts)The main questions in court would be:
1. Is the NDA valid and enforceable?
2. If so, what remedies or damages would be applicable.
What are your thoughts on this?
no_hypocrisy
(46,160 posts)The judge awarded him one ($1.00) dollar. Might see something like that.
I stand with my original contention that the alleged NDA has unconscionable terms that a judge won't enforce. It was a freaking litigation about the division of assets, not a divorce.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Sounds like a trump hire.
MyOwnPeace
(16,937 posts)a friend of Rudy's!