The former president appeared to confuse rape accuser Carroll, who he previously said was “not my type,” with his ex-wife while examining a decades-old photo during a deposition.
Former President Donald Trump recently confused his rape accuser, E. Jean Carroll, with his ex-wife Marla Maples when questioned about a decades-old photo during a deposition last October.
in a cheep Shared by Law & Crime Editor-in-Chief Adam Klasfeld on Friday, Trump is shown in a video being questioned by Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan.
When shown the photo taken at a previous party, in which Carroll is standing next to Trump, he noted several times that he believed Carroll was his second wife, Maples.
“That’s Marla,” he said. “That’s my wife.”
“Which woman are you pointing at?” Kaplan asked, as the photo also featured Trump’s first wife, Ivana Trump.
After confirming that he was pointing at Carroll, and after being informed by his own lawyer that the woman was, in fact, not Maples but Carroll, Trump said, “Oh, I see.”
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He then excused his mistake by saying that photo in question was blurry.
The error was highlighted by Carroll’s lawyer in newly unsealed court documents, intended to counter Trump’s previous claims that Carroll was not his “type.”
“I’ll say this with great respect: No. 1, she’s not my type. No. 2, it never happened. It never happened, okay?” he said. The hill in an Oval Office interview in 2019.
Former she Advice columnist Carroll’s lawsuit, filed on Thanksgiving Day 2022 in the Southern District of New York, US, alleges: “Approximately 27 years ago, pranks at the Bergdorf Goodman luxury department store on Fifth Avenue in New York City took a dark turn when defendant Donald J. Trump grabbed plaintiff E. Jean Carroll, forced her against the wall of a dressing room, pinned her with his shoulder and raped her.”
The lawsuit further alleges that Carroll “remained silent for more than two decades” out of fear of being engulfed by “threats and lawsuits” and damage to her reputation and livelihood.
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The lawsuit claims the incident “seriously injured Carroll, causing her significant pain and suffering, lasting psychological damage, loss of dignity, and invasion of her privacy” and seeks to “redress her injuries and demonstrate that even a man as powerful as Trump can be held accountable under the law.”
If Carroll wins the trial, it will be the first time that Trump, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women, will be held legally responsible for sexual misconduct.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit rainn.org.
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