Donald Trump‘s prized golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey is making headlines again, but this time it has nothing to do with the ex-president’s late first wife Ivana.
A former employee of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, where Ivana was famously laid to rest in 2022, has filed a lawsuit against the club, accusing her former manager of sexual harassment then being bullied into signing an unlawful non-disclosure agreement by Trump’s current attorney, Alina Habba.
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In her lawsuit, Alice Bianco claims she was told to wear “very short uniform skirts” to wear by manager Pavel Melichar. Bianco, who was 21 at the time, says Melichar, who was approximately 30 years older than her, also pressured her into having sex in exchange for “protection” and job security.
When Bianco turned him down, she says he retaliated by giving her “unfair job assignments and allowing his henchmen to abuse her and steal her tips.”
In the summer of 2021, Bianco learned another employee at the club suffered similar treatment and planned to alert Trump’s personal staff to the “toxic and sexist work environment” in a letter. Bianco shared her experience with her colleague, who included it in her missive.
Not long after that, Bianco says she was approached by Habba, who was a member of the Bedminster club but wasn’t yet formally working for Trump, who allegedly “acted as if Ms. Bianco was her friend.”
After striking up a friendship, Habba allegedly sent Bianco an emoji-filled text urging her to fire her lawyer then offered her free legal advice, which included encouraging her to take a lowball settlement from the club in exchange for signing an NDA, which was drafted by the Habba’s law firm.
Habba also allegedly warned Bianco that she “better not try to sell her story to the media,” while the two were sitting in her car in the club parking lot on a hot summer day, not far from Ivana’s gravesite.
“I didn’t know my rights,” Bianco said in a statement this week. “I didn’t know Alina wasn’t supposed to discuss a case with me without my lawyer. I didn’t know New Jersey had banned non-disclosure agreements for victims of sexual harassment.”
“All I knew was that the person claiming to be my friend and advisor threw me in the trash as soon as she pressured me into silence.”
It’s been a little over a year since Ivana Trump was laid to rest in a pauper’s grave on Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.
A few weeks later, it was revealed Trump has just hired Habba to be his personal attorney.
“Alina Habba used the unethical silencing of my client, Ali Bianco, as a way to propel herself into Trump’s inner circle,” Bianco’s lawyer Nancy Erika Smith told CNN this week, adding that Habba “knew Bianco had a lawyer but targeted and manipulated her to enter into an agreement favorable to Trump … for a fraction of what a typical settlement would be for these claims.”
In a statement, Habba, who isn’t named in the case, denied acting maliciously, saying, “I always conduct myself ethically and acted no differently in this circumstance.”
As for Melichar, who also isn’t named in the case, when asked for comment, he told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it and I have nothing to say.”
Bianco is not seeking any additional monetary damages. Her attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, says the lawsuit is simply about “giving her her voice back.”
“This is something I’ve worked on for my whole career,” Smith said. “It’s outrageous to be victimized and then be told you can’t talk about it.”
Ivana Trump's cheap, tacky grave a year ago . . . and now.
It's not enough to sling your dead wife's corpse under a golf course, you can't even bother to maintain the burial site by mowing the grass and stopping dogs from pissing on it?
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Bianco learned another employee at the club suffered similar treatment and planned to alert Trump’s personal staff to the “toxic and sexist work environment”
It still baffles me that all these years later, with all the stories which have come out about Trump and his “business dealings” people are still shocked when it happens to them working for this guy. Like seriously lady, have you been living under a rock?
While we may all be equal under the law (at least in spirit), we’re not all equal. Not everyone has the same set of skills or financial circumstances. Some of us have to take the first job that comes along, even if we don’t like it or plan to stay long. That’s why we have labor laws.
Who knows if she’s telling the truth, though. A settlement does not mean it’s true, it just means paying her out is the fastest way to settle the problem. She had a lawyer and they were going to sue but she dropped that one and listened to Habba. How does Bianco know she would’ve gotten more money if the lawsuit went through? Habba did this for her for free, her first lawyer would’ve taken a cut, so maybe she came out better? She acts as if she didn’t have any agency over herself, but she made the decisions and now she doesn’t want to live by the rules.
It literally does. If the golf course didn’t think she had any merit they would have pressed on w/ the defense and then she would have been liable to compensate her former employer for legal fees and potential damages.
You really don’t understand how any of this works do you?
Except Habba broke NJ law. Maybe you should actually READ the article and process it then comment instead of having a knee jerk reaction to defend that which is defenseless.
Zz, It does not mean it’s true. They could have settled for a variety of reasons such as optics, keeping it out of the press, it would be more expensive to go to court. Yes she’d have to compensate but do you really think she has that money, they’d say “we’d lose x amount if we go to court, so let’s give her this much and cut our losses.”
And adding the NDA to the settlement was not technically “against the law”, it’s simply unenforceable.
It laterally means they would have no defense and the easiest way to keep this from having their dirty laundry further aired out more than it already is is to settle.
No one settles if they’re not already guilty. You should have learned this after fox news settled w/ Dominion last year.
“we’d lose x amount if we go to court, so let’s give her this much and cut our losses.”
Literally the opposite of how that would go. B/c there are a variety of legal ways they could be compensated if she didn’t have cash on hand to pay out direct if she were to be found liable.
It’s truly amazing how ignorant you are and then unashamed of spouting these wrong opinions. How old are you? Serious question
Zz, You really think a 21 year old (at the time) with extremely limited income would pay for the resorts lawyers? She could never afford it. If they tried to garnish money off her income the courts would consider living expenses first which wouldn’t leave much for any judgement. She could even file for bankruptcy would probably give her relief. Please educate yourself.
“The passion with which you persecute anything Trump-related makes you look like a fool.”
Hahaha dumfuk, is that why the Trumpers are all so darn smart? Is that why ladies like boebert and green are their heroes? Is that why they spend hours and hours posting in a forum even though they won’t change anyone’s mind there?
Poor, white trash. Low IQ. Narrow minded deplorables. Right wing TROLLS. Clinging onto this fat POS like maggots, inhaling his stench. His riches, they desire. They hoped they’d get rich…somehow. The bottom of the log cabin gay barrells.
Republicans that TROLL here at least tell us more about thier kind. There is no distinction between any of them. Thier comments; common lies with nothing new or origianal to offer. Thier stage names are intechangeable.
One-dimensional characters, esp the baron and in second, Shaver C. They have no end game…except to annoy, copy and paste from deep state websites and take up space. Please say you’re not gay fellas….and stop crashing the party.
Wow. You guys get way too angry when you don’t have a valid reply. It’s ok though, you’re the exact people the democrats are counting on so they could stand a chance of winning. You have no come back except to say “Orange man bad.” |t’s like a cult. Facts and science and reality goes out the window and you guys just close your eyes and ears tight to believe a fantasy.
“Wow. You guys get way too angry when you don’t have a valid reply. It’s ok though, you’re the exact people the democrats are counting on so they could stand a chance of winning. You have no come back except to say “Orange man bad.” |t’s like a cult. Facts and science and reality goes out the window and you guys just close your eyes and ears tight to believe a fantasy.”
Hey, she really does have a job! Hey, if it keeps her off the streets and helps kick her meth habit, I’m good. She has quite the eye, boys. I bet she sucks good too when she’s not grading papers.
Shaver, I hope you know that we know that only trolls stick up for other trolls. If you want us to believe you’re not a troll, you can’t go making silly mistakes like this.
Shaver, do I really need to say it again? I didn’t mention opinions, especially since the subject of said opinions was typos, which are completely apolitical.
I said defending a troll makes you look like a troll.
Are you going to pretend not to understand a third time?
Maybe she’ll finally be laid to rest in accordance with her religious beliefs, which I assume is in a consecrated cemetery as she was raised Catholic. Seems nicer than being a small, forgotten, flat plaque in an overgrown patch of grass on a golf course.
”As for Melichar, who also isn’t named in the case, when asked for comment, he told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it and I have nothing to say.”
You hear that ShaverC? From now on, make that your line.
They should just delete their accounts. If they are trying to convince anyone to fall for right wing politics they’re failing hard. I hope they’re not getting paid to be trolls, b/c if I was their boss I’d be asking “what am I paying them for?”
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ZzBomb
Bianco learned another employee at the club suffered similar treatment and planned to alert Trump’s personal staff to the “toxic and sexist work environment”
It still baffles me that all these years later, with all the stories which have come out about Trump and his “business dealings” people are still shocked when it happens to them working for this guy. Like seriously lady, have you been living under a rock?
bachy
My question exactly. How much evidence does someone need? It all points to the existence of cultish thinking and behavior.
basils_Herald
While we may all be equal under the law (at least in spirit), we’re not all equal. Not everyone has the same set of skills or financial circumstances. Some of us have to take the first job that comes along, even if we don’t like it or plan to stay long. That’s why we have labor laws.
bachy
Legitimate point, basils_Herald.
ShaverC
Woman makes bad decision and now blames everyone else.
ZzBomb
No one deserves to be sexually harassed and extorted into keeping their job and then manipulated into detrimental situation.
You have no humanity.
ShaverC
Who knows if she’s telling the truth, though. A settlement does not mean it’s true, it just means paying her out is the fastest way to settle the problem. She had a lawyer and they were going to sue but she dropped that one and listened to Habba. How does Bianco know she would’ve gotten more money if the lawsuit went through? Habba did this for her for free, her first lawyer would’ve taken a cut, so maybe she came out better? She acts as if she didn’t have any agency over herself, but she made the decisions and now she doesn’t want to live by the rules.
ZzBomb
@ Shaver
“A settlement does not mean it’s true”
It literally does. If the golf course didn’t think she had any merit they would have pressed on w/ the defense and then she would have been liable to compensate her former employer for legal fees and potential damages.
You really don’t understand how any of this works do you?
ZzBomb
@Shaver
“Habba did this for her for free”
Except Habba broke NJ law. Maybe you should actually READ the article and process it then comment instead of having a knee jerk reaction to defend that which is defenseless.
ShaverC
Zz, It does not mean it’s true. They could have settled for a variety of reasons such as optics, keeping it out of the press, it would be more expensive to go to court. Yes she’d have to compensate but do you really think she has that money, they’d say “we’d lose x amount if we go to court, so let’s give her this much and cut our losses.”
And adding the NDA to the settlement was not technically “against the law”, it’s simply unenforceable.
ZzBomb
It laterally means they would have no defense and the easiest way to keep this from having their dirty laundry further aired out more than it already is is to settle.
No one settles if they’re not already guilty. You should have learned this after fox news settled w/ Dominion last year.
FFS it’s not that hard you mental midget.
ZzBomb
“we’d lose x amount if we go to court, so let’s give her this much and cut our losses.”
Literally the opposite of how that would go. B/c there are a variety of legal ways they could be compensated if she didn’t have cash on hand to pay out direct if she were to be found liable.
It’s truly amazing how ignorant you are and then unashamed of spouting these wrong opinions. How old are you? Serious question
Bosch
The passion with which you defend anything Trump-related makes you look like a fool.
Baron Wiseman
@ Bosch
The passion with which you persecute anything Trump-related makes you look like a fool.
abfab
Baron is a fat, old, ugly troll who lives in The Villages.
ShaverC
Zz, You really think a 21 year old (at the time) with extremely limited income would pay for the resorts lawyers? She could never afford it. If they tried to garnish money off her income the courts would consider living expenses first which wouldn’t leave much for any judgement. She could even file for bankruptcy would probably give her relief. Please educate yourself.
abfab
Why should any of us educate ourselves? We have you to do that for us.
ShaverC
abfab, I’m glad you were educated by my post.
abfab
No you’re not. You are a sad old POS TROLL.
ZzBomb
@Shaver
“You really think a 21 year old (at the time) with extremely limited income would pay for the resorts lawyers?”
That’s not what I said. Again, read slowly, contemplate about what you read, and then respond.
ZzBomb
@Shaver
I hope to whatever pathetic deity you believe in that you are not paid to be a troll b/c this is really sad.
Bosch
“The passion with which you persecute anything Trump-related makes you look like a fool.”
Hahaha dumfuk, is that why the Trumpers are all so darn smart? Is that why ladies like boebert and green are their heroes? Is that why they spend hours and hours posting in a forum even though they won’t change anyone’s mind there?
ZzBomb
@Bosch
“Is that why they spend hours and hours posting in a forum even though they won’t change anyone’s mind there?”
F*cking Slay! Love it!
abfab
Poor, white trash. Low IQ. Narrow minded deplorables. Right wing TROLLS. Clinging onto this fat POS like maggots, inhaling his stench. His riches, they desire. They hoped they’d get rich…somehow. The bottom of the log cabin gay barrells.
Republicans that TROLL here at least tell us more about thier kind. There is no distinction between any of them. Thier comments; common lies with nothing new or origianal to offer. Thier stage names are intechangeable.
One-dimensional characters, esp the baron and in second, Shaver C. They have no end game…except to annoy, copy and paste from deep state websites and take up space. Please say you’re not gay fellas….and stop crashing the party.
ShaverC
Wow. You guys get way too angry when you don’t have a valid reply. It’s ok though, you’re the exact people the democrats are counting on so they could stand a chance of winning. You have no come back except to say “Orange man bad.” |t’s like a cult. Facts and science and reality goes out the window and you guys just close your eyes and ears tight to believe a fantasy.
abfab
Yeah, wow.
Bosch
“Wow. You guys get way too angry when you don’t have a valid reply. It’s ok though, you’re the exact people the democrats are counting on so they could stand a chance of winning. You have no come back except to say “Orange man bad.” |t’s like a cult. Facts and science and reality goes out the window and you guys just close your eyes and ears tight to believe a fantasy.”
If anyone here needs a concrete example of irony…
abfab
Republicans consider not knowing big words a badge of honor so Shaver might look up the word before he speaks…………….yeah, right.
Baron Wiseman
@abfab
Big words? Ironic considering you can’t even get the little words!!!
It’s their, not “thier” [sic}, which you misspelled three times!
It’s barrel, not “barrell” [sic].
It’s original, not “origianal” [sic}.
It’s interchangeable, not “intechangeable [sic].
Pathetic!
Bosch
Hahahaha dumfuk is trying to look smart by not recognising obvious typos as typos? Sad trombone noise.
abfab
Hey, she really does have a job! Hey, if it keeps her off the streets and helps kick her meth habit, I’m good. She has quite the eye, boys. I bet she sucks good too when she’s not grading papers.
ShaverC
Bosch, I don’t usually slag on typos because I can make them also, but Baron sure found many careless ones.
Bosch
Shaver, I hope you know that we know that only trolls stick up for other trolls. If you want us to believe you’re not a troll, you can’t go making silly mistakes like this.
abfab
We should just give it to him and Baron. At least they have some sort of support system.
And on that note, let them win every arguement.
ShaverC
Bosch, What mistake are you talking about?
abfab
Let’s start with trying to fit in. Someone of your stature deserves little to no respect.
Bosch
Shaver, the mistake is defending a troll when you want us to believe you’re not a troll. Or don’t you care if we know?
ShaverC
Bosch, So anyone who has an opinion that’s different than yours, even slightly, is a troll?
Bosch
Shaver, do I really need to say it again? I didn’t mention opinions, especially since the subject of said opinions was typos, which are completely apolitical.
I said defending a troll makes you look like a troll.
Are you going to pretend not to understand a third time?
Baron Wiseman
@Bosch
@ZzBomb
@abfab
You three act like it’s my fault that you’re wrong. 🙂
Bosch
Looks like the troll is jealous that shaver is getting all the attention. I’m getting major Cartman vibes.
SoPluckyWhat
OH NOOOO!!!! It’s the TYPO police!!!!! So, you couldn’t understand what was said because of the typos?
dbmcvey
Shaves is an HR nightmare.
LumpyPillows
What happens to Inava when Trump loses the golf course? Dig the old hag up?
abfab
Baron and Shaver will hold a vigil around the grave and pray for her soul, begging for free souvenirs.
Bosch
Maybe she’ll finally be laid to rest in accordance with her religious beliefs, which I assume is in a consecrated cemetery as she was raised Catholic. Seems nicer than being a small, forgotten, flat plaque in an overgrown patch of grass on a golf course.
abfab
The entire area is a chemical soup of toxic waste and gangsters…..melting in acid. Perfect site for The Family.
abfab
”As for Melichar, who also isn’t named in the case, when asked for comment, he told reporters, “I don’t know anything about it and I have nothing to say.”
You hear that ShaverC? From now on, make that your line.
ZzBomb
They should just delete their accounts. If they are trying to convince anyone to fall for right wing politics they’re failing hard. I hope they’re not getting paid to be trolls, b/c if I was their boss I’d be asking “what am I paying them for?”
abfab
You mean pulling the plug on them? Oh, yes!
abfab
Get another look at his vulgar face. The disgusting mouth. That tacky baseball cap. Ew.
justtiredofitall
LOL!!! So true