(Trump has repeatedly denied the accusations.) In her lawsuit, Carroll alleges Trump’s response to her allegations was “fully consistent with his tried-and-true playbook for responding to credible public reports that he sexually assaulted women,” claiming Trump has “openly suggested sexual assault is inevitable when men and women interact” and has a history of allegations that he has touched women inappropriately. Key BackgroundĬarroll’s suit and allegations against Trump are part of a broader series of sexual misconduct allegations against him, with more than 20 women publicly alleging Trump in some way assaulted or harassed them. That suit was thrown out in court in March, however, as Kaplan ruled Trump brought the countersuit in “bad faith” and accused him of using the lawsuit as a tactic to further delay her defamation case.
Trump countersued Carroll in response to her defamation case, which alleged harassment on her behalf through her allegations against him and sought financial damages. Whatever Trump said during his deposition on Wednesday could also be used as evidence against him in that case, and Kaplan pointed to the impending second case as a reason to justify Trump being deposed now. Carroll intends to file the lawsuit on November 24, when it becomes possible to do so under the law, and her attorneys signaled they’re hoping the case can be tried alongside her defamation suit in February. Carroll’s attorneys have said she intends to file a second lawsuit against Trump under New York’s newly passed Adult Survivors Act, which gives adults who were victims of sexual assault a one-year period in which to file litigation against their abusers if the statute of limitations has otherwise expired.
What To Watch ForĪ second case to be filed. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rebuffed Trump’s request to delay his deposition and discovery until the appeals court rules on the government intervening, Trump was deposed in the case on Wednesday, and his attorney Alina Habba said he answered questions in the deposition and did not invoke his Fifth Amendment rights (attorneys for Carroll said they were “pleased” to take Trump’s deposition but are unable to comment further).
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