The former president faces a battery lawsuit from a woman who has accused him of rape when New York's Adult Survivors Act takes effect on November 24.
Donald Trump is facing more legal issues when a new law comes into effect on Thanksgiving that allows alleged victims of sexual assault to sue even after the criminal statute of limitations has expired.magazine columnist who accuses the former president of raping her at a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s, previously confirmed her intention to sue Trump once New York's Adult Survivors Act takes effect on November 24. The former president has always denied any wrongdoing.
Carroll, who is currently suing Trump for defamation in relation to how the former president denied the rape allegations, has said she will file a new battery lawsuit in the Federal District Court in Manhattan on Thursday. While Carroll has alleged Trump sexually assaulted her since 2019, the expiry of the statute of limitations from the alleged incident meant that she couldn't formally file any legal accusations against Trump.
Carroll will now use the Adult Survivors Act—a law passed in May that will give alleged adult sexual assault victims one year to bring lawsuits even if the statute of limitations has expired—to sue Trump. Donald Trump gets ready to speak during a Save America rally on October 1, 2022 in Warren, Michigan. E. Jean Carroll has said she will sue the former president for battery on Thanksgiving once the New York’s Adult Survivors Act takes effect.
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