A woman’s family says she died after she was “violently ejected” from a malfunctioning revolving door at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel.
The family of Diana Truschke, who was 78, is suing Trump International Hotels for wrongful death, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. They allege that Trump International Hotel knew that the door wasn’t working properly but didn’t fix it.
The lawsuit says that Truschke suffered severe, permanent injuries when the door accelerated behind her, throwing her face-first onto the pavement outside. The incident happened in March 2023, causing her death in October 2024. It’s not clear exactly what injures the woman sustained.
Citing physical, emotional, and economic distress, the family is seeking damages in excess of $15,000.
The Trump Organization, which owns the hotel brand, has not issued a public statement on the situation and did not immediately answer the Daily Beast’s request for comment.
The Trump Organization is a holding company that owns many of the president’s business ventures. Trump’s two sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, have managed the company as executive vice presidents since their father was elected to the White House in 2016.
The 64-story hotel, whose exterior is covered with gold trim, opened on Fashion Show Drive in 2008. It cost Trump and casino mogul Phil Ruffin, who owns half of it, $300 million to build.
The hotel settled another dispute in 2020 after a window washer working on the building fell to his death in 2018. The hotel paid just $630 to the Nevada Occupational Safety and Health Administration—because it could not provide paperwork showing proper anchorage points for washers on the building.
Jonathan Garcia, the 27-year-old man, died from blunt force trauma after striking his head.
The state’s OSHA initially fined the hotel $900, but the company pushed back and fought a legal battle that saw the penalty reduced by $270.
