Key takeaways:
- Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled that key witnesses and misogynistic remarks made by former President Donald Trump in 2005 can be used as evidence in a civil rape trial next month.
- The trial will hear quarter-century-old rape allegations made by a former magazine columnist, E. Jean Carroll.
- The trial is scheduled to begin on June 16th and is expected to last three days.
A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled that key witnesses and misogynistic remarks made by former President Donald Trump in 2005 can be used as evidence in a civil rape trial next month. The trial will hear quarter-century-old rape allegations made by a former magazine columnist, E. Jean Carroll.
Judge Lewis A. Kaplan rejected Trump’s effort to keep the evidence out of the trial. The remarks were made when Trump apparently didn’t realize he was being recorded.
Carroll said in a 2019 memoir that she was raped by Trump in the mid-1990s in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, an upscale Manhattan department store. She said a chance encounter filled with lighthearted banter turned into a violent assault.
Trump has denied the allegations and accused Carroll of lying in order to increase book sales. His lawyers argued that the 2005 remarks were irrelevant to the case and should not be allowed to be used as evidence.
The trial is scheduled to begin on June 16th. It will be the first time Trump will face a jury since he left office in January. The trial is expected to last three days.
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