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Attorneys for Trump emphasized Thursday that the matter is still open and that the Court of Appeals ruling does not validate the lawsuit.

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For now, Mariann Meier Wang, a partner at Cuti Hecker Wang who represents Zervos, will be allowed to continue with discovery proceedings after the Court of Appeals decision.

Zervos said in her complaint Trump kissed her on the lips twice during the meeting, which she assumed was the way he usually greeted people.

She further alleged in the complaint that Trump sexually assaulted her during a private meeting at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Zervos says Trump kissed her repeatedly, open-mouthed, despite attempts to tell him she was not interested in him sexually.

She did not speak publicly about the incidents until October 2016 when she held a press conference at which she detailed her interactions with the president.

Trump responded to the claims in a statement the same day, saying, “To be clear, I never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago. That is not who I am as a person, and it is not how I've conducted my life.”

The subpoenas from Zervos' attorneys aim to disprove Trump's statement by corroborating details of her account at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

The decision is a setback for Trump and his legal team, who have repeatedly denied claims that the president sexually assaulted or harassed women.