3 real estate brokers sue Trump for $1.3M

NEW YORK (AP) -- Donald Trump is being sued for $1.3 million by three real estate brokers who say he has failed to pay them in full after the profitable sale of land and apartments he owned on the former West Side Manhattan rail yards.
The lawsuit centers on the billionaire developer's sale of 77 acres of riverfront and three buildings to the Extell Development Corp. and Carlyle Group for $1.8 billion.
The brokers' lawyer, Richard C. Seltzer, said Trump paid his clients -- Corcoran, Carrie Chiang and Susan Cara-Madden -- $2.7 million, leaving $1.3 million due.
Trump replied Wednesday that he does not owe the brokers any money -- yet. "The agreement is very clear," Trump said. "I only pay them when I get paid. We haven't gotten the money yet. For her to bring a lawsuit against me is insane."
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