Trump answered questions on Wednesday under oath in the defamation case brought against him by former journalist E. Jean Carroll. She has blamed Trump for raping her in a fitting room in a clothing store in the 1990s, something Trump denies. Carroll’s lawyers questioned Trump about the rape debts, and he also stated that he came forward in 2019, when Carroll had spoken publicly about the matter for the first time. Details about how Trump’s testimony went on Wednesday are not known. – On behalf of our client E. Jean Carroll, we are pleased that we got Donald Trump to testify today. We cannot say anything more about the case, says a spokesperson for the law firm that represents her, Kaplan Hecker & Fink. Trump rejects the debts Trump himself has called Carroll’s rape complaints “a hoax and a lie”. His lawyers had worked for several years to get his testimony in the libel case, which was set up when he was still president. Last week, a federal judge rejected Trump’s request for yet another postponement. Carroll should have been questioned by Trump’s lawyers last Friday. Neither her lawyers nor Trump’s lawyers have answered questions from the AP news agency about how it went. Trump denies ever meeting E. Jean Carroll. Here she is photographed in connection with her libel case being in court in New York for the first time in March this year. Photo: Seth Wenig / AP Civil lawsuit Everything Trump has said under oath can potentially be used as evidence in a possible upcoming civil trial. But he has not been charged with anything connected to Carroll’s debts, and all criminal prosecutions are therefore unlikely. The deadline for charging someone with rape from the 1990s has also long since expired. Similar time-limits also apply to civil lawsuits linked to rape cases. As a result, Carroll chose to sue Trump for libel in connection with statements he made in 2019 when he denied having done anything wrong. She points to the fact that he denies having done anything and that he questioned her trustworthiness and that it has ruined her reputation. Trump has denied that he ever met Carroll, and has said that he lied. But the people elected in the state of New York recently opened a window of one year so that victims of sexual abuse can sue abusers in old cases. Carroll’s lawyer has told the court that she therefore intends to file such a lawsuit against Trump after this window opens at the end of November. – Met in a department store According to the now 78-year-old Carroll, she supported Trump when they shopped at the Bergdorf Goodman department store on Fifth Avenue, close to Trump Tower. At the time, Carroll was the TV host of the advice program “Ask E. Jean”. She also has a background in Elle magazine and Playboy. She has said that the two got into a friendly chat while she was trying to help him find a present. But when they were alone in a fitting room for a little while, Trump pulled down her pants and raped her, she has claimed. E. Jean Carroll, here outside a court building in New York in 2020, has accused former President Donald Trump of rape. Photo: Larry Neumeister / AP In a recent statement, 76-year-old Trump said that this story is “completely made up”. – I don’t know this woman, I have no idea who she is, other than that she seems to have taken a picture of me many years ago, with her husband, shaking hands with me during a reception at a charity event with celebrities,” Trump said.
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