- E. Jean Carroll (an ex-Elle columnist) accused Donald Trump, in a 2019 memoir.
- After he claimed that he had not sex assaulted her in a dressing-room in the 1990s, the writer sued Trump for defamation.
- Carroll’s lawyer wants to combine the civil sexual battery suit with the defamation case.
An ex-Elle columnist who claimed that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s plans to sue him as soon as a New York law which opens the statute of limitations for abuse cases comes into effect, on November 24.
E. Jean Carroll, who made these accusations public in 2019, plans on filing a suit under New York’s Adult Survivors Act for battery and intentional Infliction Of Emotional Distress. Roberta A. Kaplan wrote in. A letter from August to a New York judge, which was made public Tuesday.
Due to the statute of limitations that states have on certain sexual offenses, the writer was not able to file a lawsuit against Trump. However, victims of sexual assault aged over 18 have a one-year window in which to file a civil suit regardless of when it occurred. A plaintiff can file a case up to November 24, 2023, after the law becomes effective. The law was Signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, May 24,.
Carroll The accusation was made previouslyTrump is made public in “What Do Men Need Men for?” her 2019 memoir.
She alleged in the book that, in 1995 or 1996, Trump pushed her against the wall in a dressing room and sexually assaulted her, claiming he forced his “fingers around my private area” and thrust “his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.”
Trump strongly denied these allegations.
“I will say it with great respect: Number 1, she’s not my kind. It never happened, number two.” In 2019, Trump spoke to The Hill.
Carroll responded. Trump has been sued for defamationThe trial of, which will take place next February, is scheduled.
According to the August 8 letter, Carroll’s lawyer said that he hopes to bring Trump before the jury for battery and intentional infliction emotional distress.
Kaplan wrote, “In our opinion, because…the facts between the cases overlap so significantly, we believe that there’s no reason why both actions should not be tried together starting February 6, 2023.”
Alina Habba, Trump’s lawyer, wrote in a Response to the letterHer client “wholly and adamantly opposes” the consolidation proposal.
After claiming that Trump’s depositions in the defamation case were inadequate, Carroll’s legal team is also seeking a deposition.
Kaplan wrote, “To date discovery in the above-referenced Defamation Case has been entirely unambiguous.”
Trump’s lawyer responded by saying that the letter “mischaracterizes discovery efforts” made by her client.
Trump and Carroll attorneys did not immediately respond when asked.
