Trump will be tried for defamation in April

The writer and former columnist for Elle magazine, E. Jean Carroll, processed Trump in November 2019 for defamation after he called the journalist's allegations that she was raped by the former president in a New York mall dressing room in 1995 or 1996 a "complete lie."

According to a court document, the judge signed an order on Tuesday (29) establishing April 10, 2023 for the start of the trial.

The then Republican president (2017-2021), who in 2019 was protected by head of state immunity, responded that he did not know Carroll and that she was not “his type” of woman.

Regarding the rape accusations, Carroll was unable to file a complaint in 2019 because the facts were time-barred.

However, on November 24, a new law went into effect in the state of New York (“Adult Survivors Act“) which allows, for one year, victims of sexual assault to go to court to claim a civil lawsuit.

the lawyers of Carroll On Thursday, they opened a new lawsuit in New York for “defamation”, “accomplished facts” and “assault”, for which they expect to be compensated.

It took the author 20 years to make her story public in a book she published as a result of the movement #MeToo, which emerged in 2017 against sexist violence.

(To AFP)

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