Thread by @KathrynTewson

This may be the most appalling attorney misconduct I’ve ever heard of. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2417…

I don’t even have it in me to snark. The plaintiff, Alice Bianco, was employed at the Trump National Gold Club as a server when her boss began sexually harassing her.

After learning that she wasn’t the only one, Alice joined in a complaint to management, and then hired an attorney.

Enter Alina Habba, Esquire, who worked her way into Alice’s confidence.

Habba lied to Alice, manipulating her into signing an NDA and pressuring her to drop her claim.

Habba drafted a severance agreement for Alice to sign and told her it was a great deal.

She told her it was tax free, and advised her that it would be a bad idea to tell anyone what had happened. She did not give Alice a copy of the agreement.

Of course, this was because Habba wasn’t working for Alice at all. She was working for Trump, protecting his reputation by illegally coercing Alice into silence.

And when I say illegal, I mean SUPER ILLEGAL.

And then, having gotten what she needed to get from her, Habba ghosted Alice, leaving her with unread text messages and an unexpected tax bill.

Alice isn’t asking for a windfall. She’s asking for the courts to enjoin her coerced and illegal settlement agreement, to refer Habba for bar discipline, and to order Habba to cover her attorney fees.

I am disgusted.