A fraud case against Donald Trump’s now-defunct online college will go to trial, New York Supreme Court Judge Cynthia Kern reportedly ruled during a hearing held Tuesday.
The latest development concerning Trump University comes less than two months after a four-judge appellate court panel ruled in favor of allowing a $40 million lawsuit against Trump, which New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed in 2013.
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Schneiderman alleges that Trump and others lied to students about the caliber of instructors employed at Trump University and used “bait-and-switch” tactics to scam them out of tens of thousands of tuition dollars.
Attorneys representing Trump are reportedly seeking a jury trial for the Manhattan billionaire, although Kern did not go so far as approving that request on Tuesday. According to the New York Daily News, Kern invited Trump’s lawyers to submit a formal paper detailing why their client is entitled to a trial by jury.
Trump has repeatedly defended himself against his detractors’ claims that his online college was a “massive scam.”
The Republican presidential front-runner sparred with ex-White House hopeful Marco Rubio during a debate earlier this year about claims he’s made about the “A-plus” rating Trump University received from the Better Business Bureau.
During the same debate, Trump told viewers he could have settled two separate cases against the university “very easily.”
A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign could not be reached for comment.
