Hurricane Ian delayed Donald Trump's deposition in a class-action lawsuit over his promotion of a failed desktop video phone.
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The lawyer for the investors wanted to delay questioning Trump under oath because of the storm. Trump didn't like the delay.
There was a bitter war of words between lawyers after the dispute. The judge ordered the two sides to come up with a new date for the deposition by October 31.
The National Hurricane Center reported that Hurricane Ian was battering the Florida peninsula with catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding. The deposition on Friday is uncertain under these circumstances.
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Four investors are suing Trump, his company and his three oldest children, claiming they were deceived into paying thousands of dollars to become independent sellers of a doomed videophone device that the Trumps promoted as the next big thing.
After his attempt to dismiss the suit failed, Trump relented and agreed to answer questions under oath. The case is one of the less well known legal disputes facing the former president as he ponders a run for the White House.
After a lot of back and forth between Trump's lawyers and the investors, Cave ordered them to stop.
The deposition was going to be held at Mar-a-Lago but Kaplan offered to move it to Trump's golf club in New Jersey because of the storm. She said that Trump's lawyers wouldn't relent.
Kaplan said in the letter that they have been unable to get the defendants to agree to a new deposition location.
Trump's lawyers wrote a letter later in the day.
It was ridiculous to travel from the New York area to West Palm Beach in the middle of a storm and we would have been happy to change it to another date.
Robert said that three of Trump's lawyers, including Habba, flew to Florida to be deposed.
He wanted to hold the deposition for the safety and security of everyone. Kaplan wrote a letter rejecting the proposal.
She told the judge that there were more than 70 documents and 20 video clips that they planned to use in the case.
Almost the entire state of Florida is at risk of being without power due to Hurricane Ian. The governor of Florida said that the storm was going to be a tragedy.
According to the suit, the Trumps lied about their faith in the company and failed to reveal they were being paid to promote the company. Trump appeared in person at events for the company.
According to the complaint, he told recruits that ACN was at the forefront of innovation and that the phones were doing half a billion dollars a year. Those claims were false according to the lawsuit.
The case is in the federal district court in New York.
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