A day after her explosive book gets go-ahead, Mary Trump asks court to lift restraining order
Source: Washington Post
A day after her potentially explosive book gets go-ahead, Mary Trump asks court to lift restraining order against her
Mary L. Trump, the author of an explosive book about her uncle President Trump, asked a court to lift a restraining order against her, saying in an affidavit filed Thursday that she was misled by the family into signing a confidentiality agreement in an inheritance case two decades ago.
Her request, filed with the New York Supreme Court, follows a decision by the courts appellate division on Wednesday to lift a restraining order against Simon & Schuster, allowing publication of the book to go forward. That court left in place a restraining order against Mary Trump.
The affidavit marks the first time Mary Trump has commented publicly about her book, as well as her allegation that she was misled when signing the confidentiality agreement.
In her affidavit, Mary Trump said she never believed the confidentiality agreement in the inheritance case could restrict her from writing a book about the conduct and character of my uncle, the sitting President of the United States, during his campaign for re-election. She said she decided that writing a book was necessary after her uncle was elected president.
The book, Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Worlds Most Dangerous Man, has climbed to the top of bestseller lists based on preorders and is slated to be published July 28. The publisher, which said it has already distributed thousands of copies to retailers, has said the book will reveal the nightmare of traumas that shaped the man who is now president.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-day-after-her-potentially-explosive-book-gets-go-ahead-mary-trump-asks-court-to-lift-restraining-order-against-her/2020/07/02/c0f640fa-bcbe-11ea-86d5-3b9b3863273b_story.html
The publisher "has already distributed thousands of copies to retailers". I like that part.
sop
(9,946 posts)ago. She accuses Trump of hiding assets at the time the settlement of her grandfather's estate was negotiated, so the confidentiality agreement is invalid. Knowing how Trump operates, the charge is probably true.
"The legal fight over a tell-all by President Trumps niece took another turn on Thursday when her lawyers filed papers to remove a temporary restraining order, arguing that the confidentiality agreement she signed 19 years ago was an unenforceable fraud...In an affidavit, Mary Trump said that when she inked the agreement, ending a dispute over her grandfathers will, she believed the asset amounts in it were accurate, but learned they were bogus from a New York Times expose.
Cha
(295,911 posts)Sgent
(5,857 posts)of violating the same NDA. I suspect that would weaken their case.
crickets
(25,896 posts)SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)This is going to be a huge seller.
Cha
(295,911 posts)safeinOhio
(32,531 posts)Want to see it out sell The Art of The Deal.
SunSeeker
(51,369 posts)It violates the public interest and the safety of our country.
yardwork
(61,417 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,483 posts)KY
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)He must be pissed! He's old news already!
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)it earlier than the release date. It has been distributed and is on at least its third printing.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)Chainfire
(17,305 posts)ever used NDAs to protect themselves from incrimination and prosecution?
marble falls
(56,358 posts)hamsterjill
(15,214 posts)Ive never seen an NDA that there wasnt some smart attorney who could get around. None of them need the money. Just put the book out there.