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Trump sends cease and desist letter to block ‘Apprentice’ film

By
Jon Levine
Published May 25, 2024, 12:28 p.m. ET

Former President Trump sent a cease and desist letter to filmmakers shopping a movie about his early career.

The film, called “The Apprentice,” focuses on Trump’s rise to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s and on his relationship with Roy Cohn, the notorious mob-connected New York lawyer who worked with Trump before Cohn’s 1986 death.

“The film is a fair and balanced portrait of the former president,” the producers of the film said in a statement to Variety, which first reported the cease and desist letter. “We want everyone to see it and then decide.”

Actors Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn and Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in a scene from the film 'The Apprentice', 2024.
The film, called “The Apprentice” focuses on Trump’s rise during the 1980s. ©Mongrel Media/Courtesy Everett Collection

“The Apprentice,” directed by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday and depicts a scene in which Trump violently rapes his late ex-wife, Ivana. Trump has denied the allegation he assaulted his wife.

Ivana Trump, who died in July 2022, alleged in a 1989 divorce deposition that Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her — a claim she later retracted.

Donald Trump speaking into a microphone at a campaign event in Crotona Park, South Bronx on May 23, 2024.
Team Trump has called the film lies and is fighting its release. GC Images

“We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told The Post. “This garbage is pure fiction which sensationalizes lies that have been long debunked.”