'This woman is not my type': Donald Trump defames rape accuser ahead of defamation lawsuit deposition
Former President Donald Trump will soon be compelled to give a deposition in a defamation lawsuit filed by ex-Elle journalist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s.
Carroll – one of nearly two dozen women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct – is suing Trump in the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress under the state's new Adult Survivors Act.
That law, per Reuters, was "recently signed by Governor Kathy Hochul" and "gives adult accusers a one-year window to bring civil claims over alleged sexual misconduct regardless of how long ago it occurred."
Trump maintains that he did nothing wrong and that Carroll's story is a fabrication, which Carroll has established as the foundation of her complaint. Yet even with an impending court appearance that could potentially lead to financial consequences, Trump issued a statement on his website on Wednesday night further disparaging Carroll and her pursuit of justice. Trump's rant also contains a racially-toned attack on New York Attorney General Letitia James, who last month filed a massive civil fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization.
"This 'Ms. Bergdorf Goodman' case is a complete con job, and our legal system in this Country, but especially in New York State (just look at Peekaboo James), is a broken disgrace. You have to fight for years, and spend a fortune, in order to get your reputation back from liars, cheaters, and hacks. This decision is from the Judge who was just overturned on my same case. I don’t know this woman, have no idea who she is, other than it seems she got a picture of me many years ago, with her husband, shaking my hand on a reception line at a celebrity charity event. She completely made up a story that I met her at the doors of this crowded New York City Department Store and, within minutes, 'swooned' her,'" Trump wrote.
"It is a Hoax and a lie, just like all the other Hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years. And, while I am not supposed to say it, I will. This woman is not my type! She has no idea what day, what week, what month, what year, or what decade this so-called 'event' supposedly took place. The reason she doesn’t know is because it never happened, and she doesn’t want to get caught up with details or facts that can be proven wrong. If you watch Anderson Cooper’s interview with her, where she was promoting a really crummy book, you will see that it is a complete Scam. She changed her story from beginning to end, after the commercial break, to suit the purposes of CNN and Anderson Cooper," he continued.
"Our Justice System is broken along with almost everything else in our Country. Her lawyer is a political operative and Cuomo crony who goes around telling people that the way to beat Trump is to sue him all over the place. She is suing me on numerous frivolous cases, just like this one, and the court system does nothing to stop it. In the meantime, and for the record, E. Jean Carroll is not telling the truth, is a woman who I had nothing to do with, didn’t know, and would have no interest in knowing her if I ever had the chance. Now all I have to do is go through years more of legal nonsense in order to clear my name of her and her lawyer’s phony attacks on me," the Florida resident added. "This can only happen to 'Trump'!"
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