Plaintiff, Tarla Makaeff, who filed a class action suit against Trump University, claiming it failed to fulfill their promise to teach them about real estate techniques, seeks to leave fromthe lawsuit. However, Trump's lawyers urged judge not to let the plaintiff to withdraw.
According to Yahoo News, Yoga instructor, Tarla Makaeff of South Carolina seeks to withdraw from her fraud lawsuit after six months of legal battle against Trump's online educational company. The lawsuit claims the university fleeced students, promising to teach them "practical and fail-safe real estate techniques", however, the mentorship alleged, it did not happen.
The plaintiff's lawyers said, Donald Trump and his legal team is putting Makaeff "through the wringer" and making the course of the trial "unbearable". Judge will consider Makaeff's request to back out Friday.
The Republican presidential front-runner's lawyers said, if the plaintiff is permitted to withdraw, the lawsuit should be dropped. Her lawyers also noted that the judge let two plaintiffs of the lawsuit to withdraw last year, while three remains, Press of Atlantic City reported. A trial for the said case has been scheduled, however, a pretrial was set on 6th of March. The US Republican nomination for President is listed among the defense witnesses to testify on the trial.
Makaeff filed the request to withdraw on February 8. Her lawyers added that she has "endured health problems, family loss and financial troubles in the years since this case began". Trump's legal team filed the opposition to Makaeff's motion on Friday, according to Hollywood Reporter.
"Make no mistake, this would eviscerate much of what has transpired in this case and would cause irremediable prejudice to defendants. Makaeff is the critical witness in this case," the Trump's lawyers said. The lawyers also added, they are looking forward on cross examining the plaintiff at trial.
Makaeff attended a three-day "Fast Track to Foreclosure" workshop for $1,495 back in the year 2008. She later on enrolled in the "Trump Gold Elite" program for $34,995 and spent a total of about $60,000 on seminars in a year, according to her lawyer. She then filed the lawsuit in San Diego federal court in April 2010.
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