Donald Trump Files $500 Million Lawsuit Against Univision
By Joseph Ax
June 30 (Reuters) – U.S. presidential claimant and genuine estate noble Donald Trump filed a $500 million lawsuit on Tuesday opposite Univision over a Spanish-language TV network’s preference to finish a agreement to promote a Miss USA pageant, that is co-owned by Trump.
Univision pronounced final week it would not atmosphere a Jul 12 manifestation since of what it called scornful remarks about Mexican immigrants done by Trump when he announced he was using for a 2016 Republican presidential nomination.
The 19-page lawsuit accuses Univision of a “thinly potential attempt” to suppress Trump’s leisure of debate in sequence to boost Democratic frontrunner Hilary Clinton. The network’s principal owner, Haim Saban, is a Clinton fundraiser, according to a lawsuit.
While strictly announcing his candidacy on Jun 16, Trump indicted Mexico of promulgation rapists and other criminals to a United States.
“They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists, and some we assume are good people, though we pronounce to limit guards and they tell us what we are getting,” he pronounced during a time.
In a matter on Tuesday announcing a lawsuit, that he had vowed to file, Trump refused to behind down from his comments.
“Nothing that we settled was opposite from what we have been observant for many years,” he said. “There is a high turn of crime occurring in this nation due to violent bootleg immigration.”
Nevertheless, he combined that he has “great honour for Mexico and adore for a Mexican people and their extensive spirit.”
In a statement, Univision pronounced it reviewed Trump’s complaint, and it is “both factually fake and legally ridiculous.” Univision pronounced it would energetically urge itself.
JUST IN: Univision’s response to Trump’s lawsuit: “It is both factually fake and legally ridiculous.”
JUST IN: Univision’s response to Trump’s lawsuit: “It is both factually fake and legally ridiculous.”
JUST IN: Univision’s response to Trump’s lawsuit: “It is both factually fake and legally ridiculous.”
JUST IN: Univision’s response to Trump’s lawsuit: “It is both factually fake and legally ridiculous.” pic.twitter.com/YzNoeod8Z4
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 30, 2015
The association pronounced it “will continue to quarrel opposite Trump’s ongoing efforts to run divided from a derogative comments he done on Jun 16th about Mexican immigrants,” according to a statement.
Last week, a network pronounced it would not atmosphere a manifestation and would disjoin ties with a Miss Universe Organization, that had been a corner try between Trump and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, in light of his “recent, scornful remarks about Mexican immigrants.”
NBC also cut ties with a “Miss USA” and “Miss Universe” pageants on Monday, citing Trump’s comments. Trump formerly pronounced he would not take partial in his NBC existence radio show, “The Apprentice,” while he sought a White House.
Trump is deliberate a prolonged shot to get a Republican assignment notwithstanding his name recognition. (Reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Additional stating by Eric Beech in Washington and Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Peter Cooney and Alan Crosby)