A New York Supreme Court appeals judge reversed part of a lower court decision on the revelation of Mary L. Trump on Wednesday night, ruling that the publisher of the book can move forward with preparations for its publication. at the end of the month, according to reports.
Simon & Schuster, who publishes the book written by the president’s niece, said Tuesday that he had already sent tens of thousands of copies of “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the Most Dangerous Man in the World” in anticipation of his publication. July 28 release, after a state Supreme Court judge ordered a temporary stay on his release.
Supreme Court Justice Hal Greenwald issued the restraining order Tuesday on the book’s publication, pending a hearing next week, after the president’s younger brother, Robert Trump, filed a lawsuit.
Robert Trump alleges that Mary Trump is violating a confidentiality agreement that she signed in 2001 as part of a settlement involving her inheritance from her grandfather.
THE PUBLISHER OF MARY TRUMP DOES NOT CLAIM ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE NDA AFTER THE JUDGE’S MIDDLE ORDER; SAYS EVERYTHING HAS SENT
Judge Alan D. Scheinkman did not address Wednesday whether Mary Trump could be legally limited by the confidentiality agreement, but said Simon & Schuster is not bound by it, The New York Times reported.
“Unlike Ms. Trump, S&S has not agreed to give up or give up any of her First Amendment rights,” Judge Scheinkman wrote, according to The Times.
Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp wrote in an affidavit Tuesday that the company had heard nothing about a confidentiality agreement until press printing began on the book a couple of weeks earlier.
Scheinkman said it is “reasonable for a known and prominent family to agree collectively” to keep “intimate family matters” private, but added that the confidentiality deal could be affected by Trump’s rise to the presidency, The Times reported.
“The legitimate interest in preserving family secrets can be one thing for a real estate developer’s family, no matter how successful it is,” he wrote. “It is another matter for the family of the President of the United States.” She added that she may have to read the book before deciding if she violated the NDA.
After Wednesday’s reversal, Simon & Schuster released a statement saying: “We support Mary L. Trump’s right to tell her story in ‘Too Much and Never Enough,’ a work of great interest and importance to the national discourse it deserves. entirely to be published for the benefit of the American public, “The Times reported. “As everyone knows, there are well-established precedents against pre-restriction and pre-publication mandates.”
Mary Trump’s attorney Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. called the revocation “good news” and said he plans to file an appeal on behalf of his client Thursday based on “First Amendment and Basic Contract Law.”
The daughter of the president’s older brother, Fred Trump Jr., who died in 1981, Mary Trump is a clinical psychologist and uses “her upbringing, insight, and intimate familiarity” with the Trump family to describe a “nightmare of trauma and destructive relationships.” and a tragic combination of neglect and abuse, “according to the book’s description on Amazon.com.
The book is already a best seller on Amazon based on presales.
Previously, Robert Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder, said they would “vigorously” litigate the case about Mary Trump’s “heinous behavior,” but had no public comment on Wednesday’s ruling.
He said she has caused “enormous damage” through her “breach of contract,” according to The Washington Post.
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The Trump administration unsuccessfully sued former national security adviser John Bolton for breach of contract earlier this month for his book on the president. That book, “The Room Where It Happened,” was released last week.
