Judge Throws Out Trump’s Countersuit Against E. Jean CarrollA federal judge on Monday dismissed a countersuit by former President Donald J. Trump against E. Jean Carroll, the writer whom he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming after a civil trial in Manhattan this year.
Mr. Trump had accused Ms. Carroll of defamation for her repeated assertions that he had raped her in the dressing room of a New York department store nearly 30 years ago. In May, a jury found that Ms. Carroll had proved that the former president sexually abused her, but stopped short of finding Mr. Trump liable for rape.
Ms. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, had first spoken publicly about the assault in June 2019, while Mr. Trump held office. He called the allegation “totally false” at the time, labeling Ms. Carroll a liar and arguing that she was trying to sell a new book. He also said he would not have assaulted Ms. Carroll because she was not his “type.”
Mr. Trump faces a panoply of legal problems both civil and criminal, including three indictments, one of them for attempting to overturn the presidential vote that he lost in 2020.
Ms. Carroll brought her lawsuit in 2022 over conduct that predated his term, using a New York law that allowed adults a one-year window in which to sue over past sexual abuse. The jury awarded her $2 million for his misconduct as well as nearly $3 million for defamation..............
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