The Apprentice: Trump campaign threatens legal action over biopic that depicts him as a rapist

Campaign spokesperson called Ali Abbasi's film, which premiered at Cannes on Monday, pure fiction which sensationalises lies that have been long debunked'

The Trump campaign has come out swinging against The Apprentice after the film, which depicts the former president raping his first wife, shocked audiences at Cannes, with a spokesperson saying that they will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers".

Speaking to Variety on Monday after the world premiere of Ali Abbasi's film, the Trump campaign's chief spokesperson Steven Cheung confirmed they would take legal action.