After losing sexual abuse case, Donald Trump countersues E. Jean Carroll for defamation over rape claims
E. Jean Carroll departs a New York courthouse on Apr. 26, 2023June 27, 2023 10:40 PM EDTonald Trump is doubling down on his legal brawl with E. Jean Carroll, suing the New York author for defamation weeksThe former U.S. President on Tuesday night filed a counterclaim accusing Carroll of trashing his reputation by publicly accusing him of rape during a May 10 appearance on CNN, despite jurors concluding a day earlier that his actions during the alleged 1996 assault hadn’t gone that far.
A jury of six men and three women last month found Trump was liable for sexual abuse — and not liable for rape — before awarding CarrollTrump’s court filing Tuesday is a counterclaim in a separate 2019 defamation lawsuit Carroll filed against him that is set to go to trial in January. While Carroll won the first trial, Trump has interpreted the verdict as a victory, of sorts, because of the finding on rape.Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
But Trump attorney Alina Habba argues that a new window for filing a counterclaim was opened earlier this month when Carroll was allowed to amend her defamation complaint after winning the battery trial. When Carroll was asked on CNN a day after the verdict about the jury finding that Trump didn’t rape her, she falsely claimed otherwise, according to the filing.
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