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The
man, Noel Cintron, claimed in his lawsuit last month the Trump
Organization had not paid him for 3,300 hours of overtime in the
previous six years. He filed a notice in Manhattan federal court
on Thursday that he was dropping the lawsuit.
Larry Hutcher, a lawyer for Cintron, said the dispute had been
transferred to private arbitration but did not comment further.
A spokeswoman for the Trump Organization did not immediately
respond to a request for comment. The company said in a
statement last month that Cintron "was at all times paid
generously and in accordance with the law."
Trump was not a defendant in the lawsuit.
Cintron's lawsuit had claimed that the unpaid overtime totaled
$178,000, at $54.09 per hour, and could have been higher but for
a statute of limitations. Cintron sought damages that his lawyer
said at the time could reach $400,000.
Cintron said he drove for Trump, his family members and his
businesses for more than a quarter century, averaging 50 to 55
hours weekly, until the Secret Service took over driving
responsibilities in 2016.
He said his salary was raised to $68,000 in 2006 and then to
$75,000 in 2010, but the latter increase required him to
surrender health benefits. Cintron said this saved Trump $17,866
in annual health insurance premiums.
(Reporting By Brendan Pierson in New York; Editing by Cynthia
Osterman)
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