Fort Lauderdale woman seeks right to trial in Trump University case
A Fort Lauderdale woman asked this week to be excluded from a proposed settlement with President Donald Trump over fraud allegations at his now-defunct Trump University, setting the stage for a possible trial if a federal judge agrees.
Attorneys for Sherri Simpson said in a court filing that lawyers for former students in class-action lawsuits promised in 2015 that they could ask to be excluded from any future settlement. A settlement announced less than two weeks after Trump's election allows class members to object to the terms, but they can no longer drop out, preventing them from suing on the own.
Simpson was featured in a TV ad attacking Trump before last year’s Florida primary.
She described herself as a single mother hoping to improve life for her child — until she was victimized by what she describes as shady practices at Trump University.
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