Judge Denies Trump Request To Toss Lawsuit Against Florida Golf Club

30 AUG 2015: Donald Trump walks through the crowd near the second hole during the final round of The Barclays at Plainfield Country Club in Edison, NJ. (Icon Sportswire via AP Images)
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A U.S. district court judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump’s request to throw out a lawsuit against his golf club in Jupiter, Florida, allowing the case to proceed as Trump prepares to take office in January, the Palm Beach Post reported.

Members of the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club & Spa, which Trump bought and turned into the National Golf Club, filed a lawsuit against Trump in 2013, accusing him of canceling their memberships without refunding their deposits to the old club. The Ritz club had a policy of refunding deposits. But when Trump let members join his new club, he cancelled their old memberships and did not return their deposits, according to court documents reviewed by the Palm Beach Post.

A judge gave the lawsuit class action status last year, expanding the number of plaintiffs in the case to 100, according to the Palm Beach Post. Eric Trump downplayed the suit last year, predicting that the Trumps would “win in a landslide.”

Trump last month settled his high-profile Trump University lawsuit. He paid $25 million for former students who accused the unaccredited school of pushing them to spend thousands but failing to deliver on the promise to teach students how to make profitable real estate deals.

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  1. Not good. Federal judge with life tenure refuses to bow down to President-Elect. Sad. #notgood.

  2. I am not surprised drump would do such a slimeball thing.

  3. Avatar for denisj denisj says:

    Will there be more such issues coming to surface? Will there be enough to prevent a four year term for the King of con?

  4. The soul of a petty thief.

  5. Is it true that some of the women who accused The Don of harassment–or the Jane Doe who was then a child–are in hiding? Or have left the country? I don’t want to spread false news… (Meghan Kelly is such a scummy traitor to her gender, BTW)

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