Former US President Donald Trump hurled insults at a girl columnist, who had alleged rape, whereas being questioned for a lawsuit.
Excerpts of Donald Trumps five-and-a-half-hour October 2022 deposition in a lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll had been launched publicly lately. (File photograph)
By India Today Web Desk: Former US President Donald Trump is within the information once more for hurling insults at a girl columnist, who had alleged rape, whereas being questioned for a lawsuit.
Excerpts of his 5 1/2-hour October deposition in a lawsuit filed by columnist E Jean Carroll had been launched publicly after a federal choose rejected his attorneys’ request that it stay sealed.
“She said that I did something to her that never took place. There was not anything. I know nothing about this nut job,” he stated, in keeping with the transcript.
The excerpts reveal a contentious battle between Trump and Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, who questioned him as Trump known as the previous longtime Elle journal columnist the perpetrator of “a complete scam” during which she described the rape as she “was promoting a really crummy book.”
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“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 instructed Kaplan.
The launch of excerpts from the deposition got here the identical day as Judge Lewis A Kaplan, unrelated to the lawyer, additionally refused a request by Trump’s attorneys to toss out two lawsuits by Carroll alleging defamation and rape. An April trial is deliberate, reported Associated Press.
Trump has repeatedly stated the encounter with Carroll within the mid-Nineteen Nineties at an upscale Manhattan division retailer by no means occurred.
In his testimony, Trump attacked Carroll’s depiction of him as a rapist over and once more.
Trump stated he knew it wasn’t “politically correct” to say “she’s not my type” when he responded to claims shortly after Carroll’s 2019 guide was printed. The author alleged she was attacked by Trump in a dressing room after that they had an opportunity assembly within the retailer and she or he agreed to assist him pick lingerie for a pal.
“But I’ll say it anyway,” he stated. “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.”
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Speaking to her lawyer, 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 level within the deposition, Trump known as Carroll “sick, mentally sick.” He mischaracterized an interview Carroll had given on CNN, falsely claiming she had talked about having fun with being sexually assaulted. “She actually indicated that she loved it. Okay? She loved it until commercial break,” Trump stated. “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 lawyer, then tried to elicit from Trump that he raped her shopper.
“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, 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.”
Published On:
Jan 14, 2023
