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The Latest: Trump associate rejects Hollywood hacking claims

NEW YORK - The Latest on a lawsuit accusing an associate of President Donald Trump of hacking into a friend's electronics to access celebrity contacts (all times local):

5:30 p.m.

A Russia-born businessman with ties to President Donald Trump is denying allegations made in a lawsuit that he hacked into a former romantic partner's electronics and accessed confidential information about her celebrity contacts and Hollywood projects.

Felix Sater told The Associated Press on Monday that "there is absolutely no truth or substance" to the allegations in Stella Bulochnikov Stolper's lawsuit. Stolper is a former manager for Mariah Carey.

Sater said the lawsuit "is a lame attempt by a former business partner and a former romantic interest to avoid paying her obligations" under a confidential settlement agreement reached to end their business relationship.

Sater has been an off-and-on business adviser to Trump for several years. He is due to testify before Congress next week about his work trying to get a Trump skyscraper built in Moscow.

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1:15 p.m.

A Russia-born businessman with ties to President Donald Trump is accused in a civil lawsuit of hacking a Hollywood friend's electronics and accessing confidential information about her celebrity clients.

The lawsuit filed Friday in New York accuses Felix Sater and his assistant of creating an electronic backdoor to remotely access computers at the home of his friend, Stella Bulochnikov Stolper.

She's an ex-manager for Mariah Carey. Sater's lawyer didn't immediately respond to a message.

Sater is due to testify before Congress next week about his work trying to get a Trump skyscraper built in Moscow.

Stolper says she knew Sater from childhood and invited him and his assistant to live with her after reconnecting with Sater in 2017. Stolper also says Sater wanted help shopping his life story to Hollywood.

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