Investors suing the Trump family were allowed to view unseen footage from Celebrity Apprentice

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Investors suing the Trump family can watch previously unseen footage of the Celebrity Apprentice, a judge has ruled.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that owns the footage, must now make the tapes available to attorneys for investors in a secure location, according to U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield.

The lawsuit was filed in 2018 by four plaintiffs alleging Donald Trump and his sons, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump, used their celebrity status to promote the American Communications Network.

Plaintiffs in the case say their investment in ACM, a multi-level marketing company, was worth thousands of dollars.

The lawsuit alleges that the company’s promotion of Trump family members to Celebrity Apprentice led them to believe the company was credible and to invest their money in it.

One plaintiff says he invested $ 4,600 in ACN but he only saw $ 38 in revenue.

The reality TV show has an entire episode dedicated to ACN’s “revolutionary” videophone, and the former president has appeared in promotional videos for the company for nearly a decade.

Donald Trump was paid $ 8.8m by ACN from 2005 to 2015 according to a revue of his tax returns by The New York Times.

The lawsuit alleges the Trump family was paid millions by ACN to promote the company and failed to conduct due diligence on it.

The company denies it operates a pyramid scheme.

In June, the Trump family tried to move the case from being a class-action lawsuit to arbitration, which would have prevented the evidence presented in the case from being made public, according to Reuters.

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