robert trump, one of mary's uncles, sued on june 23 to stop the book from being published. a judge in the queens county surrogate court (a court that handles wills) dismissed the case. trump then took the case to a state court. on june 30, a judge there ordered that the book not be published until a hearing was held on july 10. on july 1, another more powerful judge reversed that order and allowed simon &amp; schuster to publish the book. on july 2, mary trump made an affidavit saying that she was not bound by the nda because the agreement was fraudulent.