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Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect
« on: November 25, 2022, 01:51:30 am »
Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect

Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s.

Ms Carroll is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday.

The state law allows a one-year period for victims to file sexual assault lawsuits in New York over claims that would have otherwise exceeded statute limitations.

The former president has denied the allegations against him.

Ms Carroll alleges the attack took place in a New York luxury department store dressing room 27 years ago.

The Adult Survivors Act allows victims to come forward if the sexual assault occurred when they were over the age of 18 and took place on a date that exceeds time limits that exists on most felonies.

It is modelled after the state's recent Child Abuse Act, which applied to victims who were abused as minors.

The Child Abuse Act, which came into effect in 2019, allowed a two-year period for victims to come forward. Around 11,000 lawsuits were filed in New York against churches, hospitals, schools, camps and other institutions under that law.

Ms Carroll has also sued former President Trump for defamation after he accused her of lying when she first made her allegations public in 2019. Mr Trump has called Ms Carroll's claims "fiction". A civil trial for that case is scheduled for 6 February.

In a statement, Ms Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said the new lawsuit filed on Thursday is intended to hold Mr Trump accountable for the alleged assault.

Alina Habba, a lawyer for Mr Trump, told US media that, while she respects and admires individuals that come forward "this case is unfortunately an abuse of the purpose of this Act" and "runs the risk of delegitimising the credibility of actual victims".

Others are also planning to file lawsuits under the new law....................

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63736485
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Re: Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2022, 05:59:16 am »
Civil trial?
 
A 'preponderance of evidence' is a different standard than "beyond a reasonable doubt".

This is the hand of the drowning reaching out of the water to find dirt, any dirt.

Their investigations must not have found anything.
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Re: Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2022, 02:06:32 pm »
It's called INSANITY.  The liberals have lost their minds, literally!

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Re: Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2022, 07:26:55 pm »
It's called INSANITY.  The liberals have lost their minds, literally!

Absolutely.  Liberal INSANITY! They are bat crap crazy.
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Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly, do not claim to be wiser than you are.  Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.  If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all…do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.