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Elizabeth Jean Carroll is an American journalist, author, and advice columnist. Her “Ask E. Jean” column appeared in Elle magazine from 1993 through 2019, becoming one of the longest-running advice columns in American publishing. She was the first female contributing editor for Playboy. Wikipedia
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She claims that the incidents occurred in 1995-1996.
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In an order, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the trial will begin in Manhattan on April 25 as planned.
By John Wagner and
April 17, 2023 at 10:44 a.m. EDT
In an order, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the trial will begin in Manhattan on April 25 as planned.
In a letter last week to Kaplan, lawyers for Trump argued that the postponement was needed because of the “deluge” of publicity and “prejudicial media coverage concerning [Trump’s] unprecedented indictment and arraignment.”
“Holding the trial of this case a mere three weeks after these historic events will guarantee that many, if not most, prospective jurors will have the criminal allegations top of mind when judging” Trump’s defense against Carroll, said the letter from lawyers Joe Tacopina and Alina Habba.
Trump, who has denied the accusations in both cases, has frequently employed delay tactics in litigation, including earlier in the Carroll case.
Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, who is not related to the judge overseeing the case, filed a letter to the judge last week saying that Trump’s push for a delay was without merit because of the amount of publicity the ex-president receives regularly and the possibility that developments in other pending criminal investigations could occur soon even if the Carroll trial date is reset.
Roberta Kaplan also noted that the jury screening process in a major metropolitan area like New York is enough to ensure a fair jury is selected. She also said the attention Trump has pointed to as a problem for him in the Carroll case is largely self-generated, including when he began offering merchandise with a fake mug shot in conjunction with his New York indictment.
“If anything, it is somewhat perverse for Trump to seek a continuance in these proceedings based on the recent indictment when so much of the publicity he complains about has been driven by his own incendiary statements,” Kaplan wrote.
In their letter, Trump’s lawyers conceded that he is “a persistent subject of media coverage” but argued that the current situation is “unique.”
“Jurors selected to hear Ms. Carroll’s allegations against President Trump will have the breathless coverage of President Trump’s alleged extra-marital affair with Stormy Daniels still ringing in their ears if the trial goes forward as scheduled,” they wrote.
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Trump headed to trial in April in NYC rape and defamation case
New York Daily News
Feb 08, 2023 at 8:56 pm
Donald Trump is headed to trial in New York City this spring in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit alleging he raped her and then defamed her by saying she was lying about the sexual assault, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Manhattan Federal Court Judge Lewis Kaplan set an April 25 trial date hours after Trump’s lawyers asked him to push the case back to June.
Kaplan said he is yet to resolve whether the trial will consolidate the two suits Carroll has against Trump.
Carroll filed the first lawsuit against Trump, which includes defamation claims, in Manhattan Supreme Court in 2019 when he called her a liar after she accused him of rape.
The libel suit was bogged down after it was kicked over to federal court when Trump argued he couldn’t be sued because he was the president. The Justice Department continued to defend that argument after President Biden took office, claiming it wasn’t Trump it was trying to shield but federal employees from lawsuits. The matter is currently before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Habba unsuccessfully requested Kaplan put the Manhattan federal case on ice until the D.C. court issues a decision.
Carroll filed her second lawsuit — the one headed to trial in 11 weeks — in November after New York’s Adult Survivors Act went into effect. It includes sexual battery claims and accuses him of defaming her a second time when he doubled down on his comments, calling her a liar when he was no longer president.
Central to both lawsuits is Carroll’s claims that Trump raped her inside Bergdorf Goodman on Fifth Ave. between the fall of 1995 and the spring of 1996. Carroll says she still has the dress she wore during the encounter, which she never washed. She believes it has traces of Trump’s DNA.
Trump has vehemently denied all of Carroll’s allegations.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-e-jean-carroll-trump-lawsuits-trial-20230207-lvsla6ywjfah5mt5vsshpeyjfy-story.html
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