Carroll v. Trump

  1. May 01, 2023

    Trump's Attys Zero In On Writer's Life After Alleged Rape

    Author E. Jean Carroll on Monday aimed to account for the gap between her purportedly brave public persona after overcoming her alleged rape by Donald Trump in the 1990s with her testimony describing the devastating effects it's had on her life, as counsel for the former president sought to call attention to the contrast.

  2. April 27, 2023

    Ex-Elle Writer Spars With Trump Atty Over Her Rape Claims

    Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll defended her claims that former President Donald Trump once raped her in a Manhattan department store against an attorney for Trump who sought to poke holes in her version of events during cross-examination Thursday.

  3. April 26, 2023

    Ex-Elle Writer Tells Of Crushing Fallout From Trump Rape

    A former Elle magazine advice columnist on Wednesday told a jury of how former President Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, which has had a devastating impact on her life ever since, but said she was happy to finally have her day in court.

  4. April 25, 2023

    Jury Hears Trump Raped And Defamed Writer As Trial Opens

    An attorney for E. Jean Carroll told a New York federal jury Tuesday that former President Donald Trump raped the writer in a department store dressing room in the 1990s and then viciously attacked her when she went public about the alleged assault more than two decades later, as the landmark civil defamation and battery trial of a former president got underway.

  5. April 24, 2023

    Trump's Legal Pressures Mount As Rape Trial Opens In NY

    Jury selection begins Tuesday in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil suit accusing former President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s, the first of several trials Trump may face as he tries to recapture the White House.

  6. April 21, 2023

    2nd Circ. Remands Trump Defamation Suit After DC Ruling

    A Second Circuit panel on Friday unanimously remanded a defamation suit against former U.S. President Donald Trump to New York federal court, citing a recent D.C. Court of Appeals finding that a key question in the case must be decided by a jury.

  7. April 20, 2023

    Trump Taps Ex-BCLP Lawyer For Upcoming Rape Trial

    Donald Trump on Thursday tapped a former Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney for his upcoming rape trial as the federal judge in Manhattan overseeing the case denied the former president's request for a jury instruction that would explain away his absence from the trial.

  8. April 17, 2023

    Trump Can't Postpone NY Rape Trial With 'Delay Tactics'

    The Manhattan federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's upcoming civil rape trial refused Monday to grant a monthlong "cooling off" period following his arraignment on a hush-money indictment, citing concerns that the request is just another "delay tactic by Mr. Trump."

  9. April 14, 2023

    Trump Loses 2nd Bid To See Juror Names Ahead Of Civil Trial

    A New York federal judge on Friday denied, for the second time, former President Donald Trump's request for his attorneys to learn the names of prospective jurors in the upcoming trial over allegations he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, saying that nothing has changed since he rejected the first request.

  10. April 13, 2023

    Trump Can't Delay NY Rape Trial After Funding Revelations

    A Manhattan federal judge refused Thursday to push back an upcoming civil trial on allegations that former President Donald Trump raped writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s, despite newly turned-over information that the lawsuit has been partially funded by LinkedIn co-founder and prominent Democratic donor Reid Hoffman.