The former US president is called next week to testify as the author has accused him of rape
He is called to testify under oath next week Donald Trump according to a decision made by the court today, Wednesday, following a lawsuit for defamation filed against him by the author and columnist of the magazine Elle, E. Gene Carroll, which has accused Trump that raped her in the mid-1990s in a Manhattan department store.
US District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected a request by Donald Trump’s lawyers to delay the former US president’s scheduled deposition. Deposit is now scheduled for October 19.
Trump, for his part, denied her claims and questioned Carroll’s credibility and motives.
The former US president’s legal team has tried various legal tactics to delay the lawsuit and prevent him from being questioned by Carroll’s lawyers, but the judge signaled that it was time to move forward.
In the lawsuit the author has filed, she claims Trump damaged her reputation in 2019 when he denied raping her.
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