Woman who alleged illegal film on Trump golf course permitted to seek damages

A woman who alleges staff at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course unlawfully filmed her has been permitted to seek damages.

Rohan Beyts raised an action against Trump International after she said staff filmed her urinating on the Menie Estate course.

Initially, she reported the incident to the procurator fiscal but was told the Crown would not take any action.

However, at a small claims hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday, her lawyer, solicitor advocate Mike Dailly, said attempts by the course to get the case dismissed had been unsuccessful.

A three-day civil hearing is now due to take place in April.

Mr Dailly said: “The Trump Organisation tried to get the case dismissed and failed. We now have a three-day civil trial called a proof over three days.

“In that civil trial the Trump Organisation will have to present witnesses and evidence.”

A spokesperson for Trump International said: “Our position on Rohan Beyts’s claim remains unchanged and the matter is now in the hands of our lawyers.”