





President-elect in dispute with celebrity chef

By Laura Jarrett CNN

Published 12/14 2016 10:22PMUpdated 12/14 2016 10:59PM



Source (CNN)

Before President-elect Donald Trump heads to the White House on January 20, he will find himself back in the witness chair for questioning in his ongoing contractual dispute with celebrity chef, Jose Andres.



DC Superior Court Judge Jennifer A. Di Toro ruled Wednesday that Trump must sit for a deposition in New York City the first week of January, and it may last up to seven hours.



Trump sued Andres for breach of contract after Andres backed out of a plan for a restaurant in Trump's new luxury hotel in Washington. Andres claimed he canceled plans for the project after Trump made disparaging remarks about Mexicans during the presidential campaign.



On Tuesday, Andres suggested the parties bring their lawsuit to an end and instead donate money to a veterans organization, tweeting: "Mr. @realDonaldTrump can we end our lawsuits and we donate $ to a Veterans NGO to celebrate? Why keep litigating? Let's both of us win."





Most of the 75 open lawsuits are likely going nowhere. More than a dozen of the 20 ongoing federal cases where Trump is a defendant are actual nonsense, filed against the future president along with co-defendants Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and even Walt Disney, on behalf of seemingly mentally-ill plaintiffs. (Anyone can file a lawsuit.) The complaints in the wildest cases include allegations of kidnapping by the president-elect and his son—members of the supposed Illuminati.



Others may turn out to be much more legitimate. Members of Trump’s golf course in Jupiter, Florida, are currently suing the flaxen-haired businessman for $2.4 million for taking fees and dues while allegedly blocking admission to the actual club.

Now... if you haven't been following all the lawsuits against Trump (and there are many people suing him for theft of services and breach of contract). Earlier this year (before the election) it was noted that the trial could start as early as December/January... so this isn't some new attack out of the blue, here. He settled the Trump University one but there are others out there, I believe.That said...And of course, Trump responded as he usually does with a lawsuit (not thinking strategically about this; undoubtedly assuming that Andres would simply back down.) Andres did offer an olive branch:Some interesting information about the 75 lawsuits still open against Trump are at this link I thought this comment was interesting about the nature of those lawsuits:(I note that this was first reported in news sources around 48 hours prior. Didn't find it here on a search, but if it's a duplicate, then mods please close and trash)