Donald Trump’s longtime private driver sues for thousands of unpaid overtime hours

Former personal chauffeur Noel Cintron claims he is owed 3,300 hours of unpaid overtime

Donald Trump's longtime personal chauffeur is the latest person to sue the US president during his tenure in the Oval Office.

The private driver, Noel Cintron, has filed a lawsuit against Mr Trump for unpaid overtime hours after working for him for nearly 25 years.

“Donald Trump has proclaimed himself as a champion of working men and women, but nothing could be further from the truth,” Mr Hutcher said. “Noel Cintron worked for him days, nights, and weekends, but year after year Trump refused to pay him the wages he had earned. A complete disregard for the rights of workers has defined his disgraceful record in business.”

The lawsuit, which was first reported by Bloomberg, was filed by Mr Cintron in a Manhattan court on Monday morning.

Mr Cintron is suing Mr Trump for 3,300 hours of unpaid overtime over the last six years — New York state law has a six-year statute of limitations for unpaid labour hours.

The driver was paid a fixed salary of $75,000, despite regularly working over 55 hours a week, according to the suit.

“In an utterly callous display of unwarranted privilege and entitlement and without even a minimal sense of noblesse oblige,” Mr Cintron wrote in his suit. ”President Trump’s further callousness and cupidity is further demonstrated by the fact that while he is purportedly a billionaire, he has not given his personal driver a meaningful raise in over 12 years.“

Mr Trump has faced at least 135 lawsuits against him while serving as commander in chief, including from private citizens who have sued him for his business dealings and behaviour prior to the White House. He also faces a litany of court proceedings over his administration's allegedly unconstitutional practices.

The president is facing a libel lawsuit from a former contestant on his reality TV show, The Apprentice, though the majority of active lawsuits against him focus on his policies as president.

The White House administration has been fighting multiple lawsuits against a transgender ban the president announced for the US military last year.

LGBT advocacy groups previously told The Independent Mr Trump and his aides were using the ban “to justify discrimination against transgender people in many other contexts: civilian employment, family law, sports, health care".

Earlier this year, Mr Trump finalised a settlement in a lawsuit against Trump University, providing $25m to students who were allegedly duped into enrolling themselves in the university through false advertising and other inappropriate sales techniques.

A spokesperson for the Trump Organisation said in a statement to Reuters: "Mr Cintron was at all times paid generously and in accordance with the law. Once the facts come out we expect to be fully vindicated in court."