Lawsuit Against Trump’s Modeling Agency To Be Decided This Month

UNITED STATES - MARCH 9 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Crown Center Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Ro... UNITED STATES - MARCH 9 - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Crown Center Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Photo By Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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The fate of a class-action lawsuit filed by a Jamaican model against Donald Trump’s modeling agency, Trump Model Management LLC, will be decided by the end of March, according to Reuters.

The clerk for U.S District Court Judge Analisa Torres told the wire service that the motion by Trump’s agency for dismissal will be decided within the month. The suit does not specifically name Trump.

Trump’s lawyers said the case is “without merit.”

Legal documents from the model, Alexia Palmer, published by ABC News allege Palmer was promised full-time work by Trump’s agency, earning $75,000 a year via an H-1B visa. (Trump himself has criticized the use of this type of visa.)

“That’s what slavery people do. You work and don’t get no money,” Palmer told ABC News.

In court papers, according to Reuters, Palmer said she instead earned $3,880.75 over her three-year contract. The suit was filed in October 2014.

Watch the report from ABC News:

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  1. Look into the models eyes and see the true horror at having to touch him while having his tiny hands on their asses. The man just excretes slime in the slimiest way possible.

  2. I think Trump’s agency is likely to lose this suit – and that may mean big bucks lost. Immigration visas are very strict when it comes to the term “salaried” and “contracted.” Remember the situation recently with the nanny who worked for one of the Indian government’s diplomats? She did something similar and she ended up leaving the USA because of the actual wages she paid the woman.

  3. Trump Model Management LLC

    Good God, can this lump of yellow-metal goo be any sleazier???
    “LLC” in this case stands for Leering Lothario Crutch…Girls play their cards right they might get a peek at a Trump steak.

  4. Geebers! What isn’t this guy into? Real estate, golf resorts, apt. buildings, and modeling agencies?
    Oh, and I forgot, vodka, and a Heh heh…university.
    Here’s my impression of “trump university”:

  5. The models provide the horizontal integration, if you know what I mean? (nudge, nudge)

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