(CNN) A New York judge on Tuesday denied an attempt by lawyers for President Donald Trump to dismiss a defamation case against a former "Apprentice" contestant who claims Trump groped her a decade ago. Zervos, a former contestant on the NBC show, has accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in 2007. So Zervos and her lawyer Gloria Allred tried a different legal approach: They filed suit against Trump for defamation. The suit, filed in January 2017, alleged that Trump harmed her reputation by essentially calling her a liar. After the suit was filed, Trump lawyers filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that a president has immunity from such lawsuits in state courts.

Source: CNN March 20, 2018 18:09 UTC