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Summer Zervos, one of the many women who came forward with sexual assault accusations againstPresident Donald Trumpduring the 2016 presidential election, says she has new evidence to support her claims.
Zervos appeared as a contestant on season 5 ofThe Apprentice, the popular reality competition show which Trump hosted on NBC, and claims he assaulted her in 2007 in a hotel room.
“The fact that plaintiff sought legal counsel in 2011 and spoke about this to others including a news organization — years before the events of 2016 at issue in this case — strongly supports the inferences that her core narrative is true,” Zervos’ lawyer Mariann Wang claims in thedocuments, which were filed on Thursday.
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With the subject line, “Trump Hit on Me,” the August 2015 email to Fox News, included in the submitted evidence, describes the alleged attack in Zervos’ own words.
“I was on theApprentice. After the show was completed, Trump invited me to a hotel room under the guise of working for him. He had a different agenda. Please contact me to speak further as I have tried to make contact,” the email reads,according to CNN.
Zervos’ team contended that additional documents could further prove her case, but those papers are redacted as the Trump Organization withholds them due to their inclusion of his private phone number.
Wang did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go toonline.rainn.org.
source: people.com
