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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn a loss for Trump, judge says woman who accused him of rape can proceed with defamation suit
A New York judge handed a loss Thursday to President Trump in the defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her years ago, rejecting Trumps bid to delay the case while an appeals court considered a separate, but similar, matter.
Verna L. Saunders, a New York Supreme Court Justice, wrote that the lawsuit filed by journalist E. Jean Carroll could move forward and need not wait for an appeals court decision in a similar suit brought by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, who also alleges Trump sexually assaulted her.
The president has denied both womens allegations.
Thursdays ruling means that in the coming weeks and months, Carrolls legal team can press forward with seeking Trumps DNA, which they hope to compare to genetic material on the dress she said she wore during the incident, and with trying to interview Trump under oath. Trump can also seek depositions from Carroll and those she says she told about the incident. Saunders scheduled a telephone conference in the case for Sept. 30.
Verna L. Saunders, a New York Supreme Court Justice, wrote that the lawsuit filed by journalist E. Jean Carroll could move forward and need not wait for an appeals court decision in a similar suit brought by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, who also alleges Trump sexually assaulted her.
The president has denied both womens allegations.
Thursdays ruling means that in the coming weeks and months, Carrolls legal team can press forward with seeking Trumps DNA, which they hope to compare to genetic material on the dress she said she wore during the incident, and with trying to interview Trump under oath. Trump can also seek depositions from Carroll and those she says she told about the incident. Saunders scheduled a telephone conference in the case for Sept. 30.
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In a loss for Trump, judge says woman who accused him of rape can proceed with defamation suit (Original Post)
spanone
Aug 2020
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cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)1. Makes sense after Clinton v. Jones.
malaise
(268,916 posts)2. The real wall is closing in
Lock him up!
spanone
(135,818 posts)4. Yes, please lock him up.
Blue Owl
(50,349 posts)5. Can't wait to see how QAnonsense spins this one
n/t
crickets
(25,962 posts)6. trump has lawsuits & investigations closing in on him from all sides. GOOD. nt
Karadeniz
(22,499 posts)7. She still has the outfit, semen and all....I wish some decent person in the WH (?) Would steal his
Coke can and turn it over for testing!
Illumination
(2,458 posts)8. Wonder what secrets might be contained in Chester the Molester's DNA???
spanone
(135,818 posts)9. they should treat it like it's nuclear waste.
Illumination
(2,458 posts)11. Hello spanone!
Your comment is hilarious! He truly IS contamination! He screws everyone & everything up all around him...
Welcome to D.U.!!!!!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)10. Jean Carroll has DNA evidence too!!!
Grins
(7,212 posts)13. Two fun things from this!
1.
The judge's decision came because the SCOTUS just ruled a sitting president has no immunity from state courts.
And that case was...? "Trump v. Vance".
It was a case about HIM!
2.
The only reason this case even exists is because Trump, publicly, called Carroll a liar and said hed never met her. So she sued him!
If he had just kept his leathery, old-man mouth shut.... But he couldn't do that. He just had to take a shot at her. Like a bully. Like a rapist.