Aiexpress – A former star of “The Apprentice” and ex-employee at The Trump Organization believes that despite facing a significant legal setback in New York last week, former President Donald Trump is unlikely to alter his business practices.
On Friday, Judge Arthur Engoron delivered a ruling against former President Trump, imposing $364 million in fines and prohibiting him, along with his former colleagues and two eldest sons, from conducting business in New York for a number of years. The ruling came as a result of a business fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump, who has consistently denounced the suit as “corrupt,” is anticipated to appeal the decision.
According to Randal Pinkett, who won the hit reality show The Apprentice in 2004, Engoron’s ruling is likely not the last of fraud cases that Trump will be handed. Pinkett, the first Black person to win the show, told the Daily Express US that he expects “to see more cases” because he doesn’t “expect Donald to change his behavior.”
“Look at how difficult it was for him to keep his mouth shut with E. Jean Carroll. He couldn’t do it,” said Pinkett, who spent a year-long apprenticeship at The Trump Organization after winning Trump’s reality show. “It lasted a couple of days and then he was back in court. I hope he says something again because she will bring him right back into court.”
The former president was forced to pay Carroll $83.3 million last month for defamation in 2019, after she publicly accused him of raping her in a New York department store in the 1990s. In May 2023, a different jury held Trump responsible for sexual assault and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million. Despite both verdicts, Trump has continued to trash the former magazine columnist.
“My point is that there will be more cases because it is very difficult for Donald to change his behavior because he has lived with this privilege all his life,” he told the Daily Express. “He believes that he can do and say whatever he wants. But he can’t. The cases will come, and he will continue to fight in court as long as he remains true to himself.”
Pinkett has been critical of the former president, citing concerns during the 2016 campaign before Trump took office. In 2018, Pinkett told Joy Reid of MSNBC that there is “no question in my mind” that Trump is “a racist.”
Trump has received criticism from multiple previous The Apprentice contestants, including Season 5 winner Summer Zervos, who sued him in January 2017 for defamation after Trump characterized charges that he sexually assaulted her as “outright lies.” Zervos dismissed the lawsuit in 2021 without reaching an agreement.
Bill Goldberg, a pro wrestler, described his “miserable” experience as a contestant on the show, calling Trump “a piece of work” and stating that the former president “didn’t have any social skills.”
The former president was forced to pay Carroll $83.3 million last month for defamation in 2019, after she publicly accused him of raping her in a New York department store in the 1990s. In May 2023, a different jury held Trump responsible for sexual assault and defamation, awarding Carroll $5 million. Despite both verdicts, Trump has continued to trash the former magazine columnist.
“My point is that there will be more cases because it is very difficult for Donald to change his behavior because he has lived with this privilege all his life,” he told the Daily Express. “He believes that he can do and say whatever he wants. But he can’t. The cases will come, and he will continue to fight in court as long as he remains true to himself.”
Pinkett has been critical of the former president, citing concerns during the 2016 campaign before Trump took office. In 2018, Pinkett told Joy Reid of MSNBC that there is “no question in my mind” that Trump is “a racist.”
Trump has received criticism from multiple previous The Apprentice contestants, including Season 5 winner Summer Zervos, who sued him in January 2017 for defamation after Trump characterized charges that he sexually assaulted her as “outright lies.” Zervos dismissed the lawsuit in 2021 without reaching an agreement.
Bill Goldberg, a pro wrestler, described his “miserable” experience as a contestant on the show, calling Trump “a piece of work” and stating that the former president “didn’t have any social skills.”
