[csusbpeace] Under Oath, Trump Hurled Insults About Woman Who Accuses Him Of Rape
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-insults-rape-accuser_n_63c253f1e4b0fe267cba6775
Under Oath, Donald Trump Hurled Insults About Woman Who Accuses Him Of Rape
Portions of the former president’s videotaped deposition in a lawsuit filed
by columnist E. Jean Carroll have been unsealed by a court.
NEW YORK (AP) — Questioned for a lawsuit
<https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-new-york-lawsuits-a64fff75b94f071095c3e259458853be>,
former President Donald Trump angrily <https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump>
hurled insults and threatened to sue the columnist who accused him of raping
her in a department store in the 1990s, according to excerpts of his
videotaped testimony unsealed by a court on Friday.
Portions of his 5 1/2-hour October deposition in a lawsuit filed by columnist
E. Jean Carroll were released publicly after a federal judge rejected his
lawyers’ request that it remained sealed.
“She said that I did something to her that never took place. There was no
anything. I know nothing about this nut job,” he said, according to the
transcript.
The excerpts reveal a contentious battle between Trump and Roberta Kaplan, a
lawyer for Carroll, who questioned him as Trump called the former longtime
Elle magazine columnist the perpetrator of “a complete scam” in which she
described the rape as she “was promoting a really crummy book.”
“I will sue her after this is over, and that’s the thing I really look
forward to doing. And I’ll sue you too,” he told Kaplan.
The release of excerpts from the deposition came the same day as Judge Lewis
A. Kaplan, unrelated to the lawyer, also refused a request by Trump’s
attorneys to toss out two lawsuits by Carroll alleging defamation and rape.
An April trial is planned.
Trump has repeatedly said the encounter with Carroll in the mid-1990s at an
upscale Manhattan department store never happened.
In his testimony, Trump repeatedly attacked Carroll’s depiction of him as a
rapist.
Trump said he knew it wasn’t “politically correct” to say “she’s not my type”
when he responded to claims shortly after Carroll’s 2019 book was published.
The writer alleged she was attacked by Trump in a dressing room after they
had a chance meeting in the store and she agreed to help him pick out
lingerie for a friend.
“But I’ll say it anyway,” he said. “She’s accusing me of rape, a woman that I
have no idea who she is. It came out of the blue. She’s accusing me of raping
her, the worst thing you can do, the worst charge.”
Speaking to her attorney, he added: “And you know it’s not true too. You’re a
political operative also. You’re a disgrace. But she’s accusing me and so are
you of rape, and it never took place.”
At one point in the deposition, Trump called Carroll “sick, mentally sick.”
He mischaracterized an interview Carroll had given on CNN
<https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/cnn>, falsely claiming she had talked
about enjoying being sexually assaulted. “She actually indicated that she
loved it. Okay? She loved it until commercial break,” Trump said. “In fact, I
think she said it was sexy, didn’t she? She said it was very sexy to be
raped. Didn’t she say that?”
Kaplan, Carroll’s attorney, then tried to elicit from Trump that he raped her
client.
“So, sir, I just want to confirm: It’s your testimony that E. Jean Carroll
said that she loved being sexually assaulted by you?”
Trump answered: “Well, based on her interview with Anderson Cooper
<https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/anderson-cooper>, I believe that’s what
took place. And we can define that. ... I think she said that rape was sexy –
which it’s not, by the way.”
What Carroll has said in her writing, and in the interview with Cooper, is
that she doesn’t like to use the word rape because some other people “think
rape is sexy.” She said she preferred the term “fight.”
At another point in the deposition, Kaplan asked Trump if he had ever touched
a woman on her breast or buttocks or any other sexual part without her
consent.
“Well, I will tell you no, but you may have some people like your client that
lie,” he responded.
Late Friday, Trump attorney Alina Habba issued a statement, saying: “While it
was entirely unnecessary for the unsealing of a transcript both parties
previously agreed would remain confidential, our client has nothing to hide
and looks forward to resolving this meritless case.”
Roberta Kaplan declined to comment on the release of the deposition excerpts.
Kaplan, the Manhattan judge, earlier Friday upheld the lawsuits alleging rape
and defamation and seeking unspecified damages by Carroll, saying they could
proceed to trial because Trump’s challenges were without merit.
“The fact that Mr. Trump denies Ms. Carroll’s allegations does not enter into
the analysis at this stage of the case,” the jurist wrote. “What, if
anything, actually occurred must await further proceedings if the complaint
withstands the present motion.”
Habba said in a statement: “While we are disappointed with the Court’s
decision, we intend to immediately appeal the order and continue to advocate
for our client’s constitutionally protected rights.”
In his ruling, the judge said the Adult Survivor’s Act was similar to the
Child Victims Act, another New York state law that temporarily allowed
victims of sexual assaults when they were children to sue their abusers years
later.
Carroll initially sued Trump for defamation
<https://apnews.com/article/united-states-government-b684c5056f5b401fbb1a8ab41c43834d>
after he mocked her claims he sexually assaulted her. Carroll sued Trump
with the rape claim
<https://apnews.com/article/new-york-lawsuits-donald-trump-sexual-assault-roberta-kaplan-2f035ea40339e9d680c32f429b7bbaec>
in November, when the Adult Survivor’s Act took effect.
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