Ivanka Trump will have to take a little break from hissing into her senile father's ear to testify in a trademark dispute over the design of one of her company's shoes.
Aquazzura sued Trump and her company, IT Collection LLC, in Manhattan federal court previous year, saying she copied their red suede, tasseled "Wild Thing" shoe design. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
Trump's lawyers haven't responded to messages seeking comment.
"The public statements of Mrs. trump about the active and comprehensive management of brand, lead to the reasonable conclusion that the shoes could not be released without her approval".
The order has echoes of recent appeals court decisions regarding President Trump's travel ban in which judges cited the commander-in-chief's tweets.
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Trump can only be questioned for two hours and that it must occur on her turf in Washington DC.
District Judge Katherine Forrest says the businesswoman and presidential adviser must give evidence in the case, dismissing pleas for an exemptiont due to due to her "exceptional circumstances" as a "high-ranking government official".
In a declaration filed last week, Trump described herself as the "assistant to the Republican president of the United States", and insisted that all design responsibility was left to the company's licensee, Marc Fisher, who's also getting sued. The Italian company wants to Ivanka trump interviewed on the case. However, Aquazzura's legal team argued that her testimony was necessary given her past public statements about heading brand Ivanka's operations and approving designs. "That is the stuff of which factual disputes in litigation are made".
Aquazzura, in its lawsuit, said its shoe designs have "skyrocketed to fame in the fashion world" since the company was formed in 2011, with its shoes "coveted by fashionistas and celebrities alike". It says almost every detail of its shoe was copied.
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