Trump issues legal threat over new film

● Presidential candidate goes on the attack over golf course allegations

0 Michael Forbes and his mother at their Aberdeenshire home Donald Trump has threatened legal action after a 92-year-old Scottish widow who lives near his Aberdeenshire golf course spoke out in a row over her water supply.

The tycoon broke off from the race for the White House to issue a lengthy statement attacking Molly Forbes for claims in a new documentary.

Montrose filmmaker Anthony Baxter is launching You’ve Been Trumped Too in the Unites States this week.

It reignites the long-running feud between Trump and Mrs Forbes, her son Michael and his wife Sheila, including claims she has been forced to fetch water from a stream in a wheel barrow to bathe herself and flush her toilet.

Mr Baxter has billed the film as “a unique look at a globally-historic election and a timeless tale of the unlikely encounter between a salt-ofthe-earth Scottish family and one of the planet’s richest and most controversial figures”.

Mrs Forbes is shown in the film saying: “He promised the world. It never happens. Never trust Trump. I pity America if he’s president.”

However, Trump International has branded the claims in the film “highly offensive, defamatory and categorically untrue” and insisted the problems the family have suffered have been down to a makeshift well they created.

Its statement said: “We have repeatedly refuted the allegations regarding the Forbes water supply.

“Molly Forbes’ son, Michael, is the joint owner of an antiquated, makeshift ‘well’ located on Trump land, the maintenance and operation of which is not the responsibility of the company. His mother lives in a caravan next to his house and relies on his water supply. Over the years, Forbes has personally dug up his well, dislodged and broken pipes and subsequently blamed the company.

“Trump International has sought legal counsel and will pursue legal action against those who have propagated these highly defamatory claims.”

Mr Baxter said: “The events depicted in You’ve Been Trumped Too speak for themselves. By its own admission, the Trump Organisation’s workers cut off the Forbes’ water supply. Molly and her family spent years without a safe reliable water supply. I would encourage Donald Trump or any members of his family to come to the opening of the film tonight in New York City, where they can see the evidence for themselves.”