--- title: Donald Trump Lawsuit Fought By Spanish Chef With Crowdfunding Campaign description: A crowdfund page has been started to help chef José Andrés fight a lawsuit against Trump after protesting comments he made about Mexicans. canonical: https://time.com/4003364/spanish-chef-and-tv-personality-crowdfunds-to-fight-donald-trump-lawsuit/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-19T16:11:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:17:18.397Z article:section: Business og:title: Spanish Chef Crowdfunds to Fight Donald Trump Lawsuit og:description: A crowdfund page has been started to help chef José Andrés fight a Trump suit. og:url: https://time.com/4003364/spanish-chef-and-tv-personality-crowdfunds-to-fight-donald-trump-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2107c88d481568f/6988600ce20a8758f4a8cd60/ap_6448150038441.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Spanish Chef Crowdfunds to Fight Donald Trump Lawsuit twitter:description: A crowdfund page has been started to help chef José Andrés fight a Trump suit. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2107c88d481568f/6988600ce20a8758f4a8cd60/ap_6448150038441.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Spanish Chef and TV Personality Crowdfunds to Fight Donald Trump Lawsuit by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Aug 19, 2015 4:11 PM CUT  Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump.Ross D. Franklin—AP by [Michal Addady / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Michal Addady / Fortune Aug 19, 2015 4:11 PM CUT A [crowdfunding page](https://life.indiegogo.com/fundraisers/support-chef-jose-andres-against-trump-lawsuit "undefined") could help popular Spanish chef and TV personality José Andrés. He’s being sued by Donald Trump for pulling out of a restaurant venture following the presidential candidate’s comments about Mexican immigrants. Andrés was supposed to open a restaurant at a Trump hotel in 2016, but backed out of the deal in protest of the comments Trump made about Mexican immigrants being drug dealers and rapists, [_The Local_ reports](http://www.thelocal.es/20150804/spanish-chef-fires-back-against-trump-lawsuit "undefined"). The litigious real estate mogul fired back with a $10 million lawsuit. Andrés is himself an immigrant to the United States, and he was recently granted citizenship in 2013\. The chef told Spanish newspaper [_El País_](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/07/08/estilo/1436391658%5F944730.html&prev=search "undefined"): --- > “” --- The crowdfunding page, called “Support Chef José Andrés Against Trump Lawsuit,” was started by Mexican former-diplomat Jorge Guajardo. After being up for 15 days, 78 people have contributed nearly $8,000 towards a goal of $100,000. [Macy’s](http://fortune.com/video/2015/07/01/macys-is-just-the-latest-partner-to-flee-donald-trump/ "undefined") and [Univision](http://fortune.com/2015/06/30/donald-trump-lawsuit-univision/ "undefined") have reacted similarly to Trump’s remarks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4003364/spanish-chef-and-tv-personality-crowdfunds-to-fight-donald-trump-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4003364/spanish-chef-and-tv-personality-crowdfunds-to-fight-donald-trump-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Spanish Chef and TV Personality Crowdfunds to Fight Donald Trump Lawsuit","datePublished":"2015-08-19T16:11:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:17:18.397Z","description":"Chef José Andrés slapped with a $10 million suit","url":"https://time.com/4003364/spanish-chef-and-tv-personality-crowdfunds-to-fight-donald-trump-lawsuit/","keywords":["Donald Trump","protest","Lawsuit","Immigrants","chef","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2107c88d481568f/6988600ce20a8758f4a8cd60/ap_6448150038441.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michal Addady / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta2107c88d481568f/6988600ce20a8758f4a8cd60/ap_6448150038441.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump","caption":"Donald Trump","creditText":"Ross D. 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