Deposition for Trump

Judge backs Zervos

President Trump must sit for seven hours of questioning in the defamation case filed by a former contestant on his reality-TV show, a judge ruled Tuesday — but it’s unclear if he’ll be grilled about other women’s allegations of sexual assault and harassment.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ordered that Trump be deposed by Jan. 31 and told lawyers on both sides to submit written arguments on whether Summer Zervos’ lawyer can ask him about the other accusers.

The issue could prove thorny for Trump, because the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton grew out of a deposition in which he falsely denied having sex with White House intern Monica Lewinksy.

Zervos lawyer Mariann Wang said in court that she wanted to question Trump about women “who have alleged that defendant subjected them to unwanted sexual touching or inappropriate conduct.”

Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz countered that “to the extent that plaintiff seeks discovery from other women who are not parties to this case, who are not making a claim of defamation, we would take a position that that evidence would not be covered.”

The case against Trump stems from a news conference shortly before the 2016 election during which Zervos, who appeared with him on “The Apprentice,” accused the then-candidate of “aggressively” kissing, groping and rubbing his genitals against her in 2007.

Trump vigorously denied the allegations as “fiction” and said Zervos “wishes she could still be on reality TV,” prompting her to file suit three days before his inauguration.

The state Court of Appeals is currently weighing written arguments over whether the case should be stayed until Trump leaves office. The judges could issue a ruling as early as Thursday.

That decision is likely to wind up before the US Supreme Court.