According to the lawsuit, Cohen revealed confidential information in talking about his prior-attorney-client relationship with Trump during media interviews about the Manhattan District Attorney's grand jury investigation that led to the former president's indictment.
"During one such appearance, for example, Defendant discussed that he testified in front of the Manhattan District Attorney's grand jury, and suggested that Plaintiff was, by virtue of Defendant's knowledge of confidential information, criminally exposed," the lawsuit states.
Cohen also violated an employee confidentiality agreement he signed with The Trump Organization when he published his two books that discuss Trump, the lawsuit claims.
Cohen "chose to capitalize on his confidential relationship with (Trump) to pursue financial gain and repair a reputation shattered by his repeated misrepresentations and deceptive acts, fueled by his animus toward the Plaintiff and his family members," the lawsuit states.
Cohen never asked for permission from Trump to disclose any confidential information that should've been protected by that agreement and his attorney-client obligations before publishing the books, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint also alleges that, like his books, Cohen has put out "inflammatory, misleading, or outright false" information in his podcast "Mea Culpa."
