Former US President Donald Trump made an embarrassing mistake when questioned by columnist E. Jean Carroll about rape allegations. When Trump was shown a photo from the 1990s, he mistook the pictured Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples, a court document shows. In Trump’s own words, Carroll is not his “type” at all.
“This is Marla, yes. This is my wife,” Trump said, according to a declassified transcript of interviews conducted by Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan last October. Trump’s attorney Alina Habba immediately interjected, “No, that’s Carroll.”
Trump’s second marriage to Maples
Trump was married to actress Maples from 1993 to 1999. Trump’s daughter Tiffany is from this marriage.
“She’s Not My Type”
Carroll, now 79, publicly accused then-President Trump in 2019 of raping her in a dressing room of New York’s luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s. Trump denied the allegations, saying the former Elle magazine columnist was “totally lying.” He added, “She’s not my type.”
Complaint I: Slander
Carroll sued Trump for libel. In connection with that lawsuit, Trump was questioned under oath last October by attorney Kaplan at his luxury home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. The transcript of the interrogation has now been made public by the competent court in New York.
Lawsuit II: Alleged rape
In November, Carroll also sued Trump for the alleged rape itself, which is actually time-barred. This was made possible by a new law in New York State under which alleged rape victims can sue alleged perpetrators for damages regardless of the statute of limitations.
When questioned by Carroll’s attorney last October, Trump reiterated that the columnist was not his “type.” But the fact that he mistook her for his ex-wife Maples could be used by Carroll’s lawyer to question that defense strategy.
Source: Krone
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