Donald Trump is afraid of flying fruit.
According to his lawyer, the fruitphobia was a plot to weaponize the media against Trump.
There are texts between Michael Cohen and a reporter.
Donald Trump's lawyer is calling the former president's fear of fruit being thrown at him a "malicious disclosure."
As part of his sworn deposition in a Bronx civil lawsuit, Trump stated that he was concerned that protesters could throw fruit at him.
The excerpts from that deposition should not have been made public.
Habba demanded cash sanctions to punish bad-faith conduct.
Habba wrote in Friday's filing that the public filing of the deposition transcript was done to harass or hurt Trump.
The lawyers on the side of the protesters who held "Make America Racist Again" posters are the target of Habba's anger.
The trial date has been changed to July 18.
In demanding cash sanctions, Habba cited a December text exchange between Daily Beast reporter Lachlan Cartwright and Michael Cohen as an example of the other side's ongoing effort to weaponize the media.
Cohen agreed to the reporter's request to reach out to the protester.
It's unclear how the exchange shows that the lawyer and reporter knew each other, and that the lawyer sought the reporter's help in reaching Cohen.
Cohen is a star witness against Trump in the case and gave a sworn deposition saying that he watched as his boss ordered Trump Tower security to get rid of the protesters.
According to court documents, Cohen was at Trump Tower that day.
Alex Shepard said that the revelation was a completely random thing.
Shepard said that Cohen called Cartwright's cellphone while he was having dinner with his friends.
Shepard said that Cohen was told he was sitting with the lawyer who just deposed his ex- boss.
Cohen told the Daily Beast reporter what he knew about Trump's involvement in the protest after they had a brief exchange on the reporter's phone.
Shepard said that the December text exchange was an attempt to reach out to Cohen.
He said that it was a lark that Dictor and Cohen spoke.
Cohen and Dictor did not reply to questions.
Habba has been accused of acting in bad faith in releasing the transcript. The arguments will take place on June 22.
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