‘It’s Marla’: Donald Trump confuses rape accuser with ex-wife, trial advised

Donald Trump appeared to mistake the girl who has accused him of raping her for an ex-wife in a video performed to jurors in a civil rape swimsuit in opposition to him.

During the October deposition, Mr Trump was proven a black-and-white photograph of himself chatting with individuals at an occasion.

He stated: “It’s Marla,” referring to his second spouse Marla Maples, earlier than his lawyer corrected him saying: “No, that’s Carroll.”

Writer E. Jean Carroll, 79, claims that Mr Trump raped her in a division retailer altering room in Manhattan within the mid-Nineties, after which tarred her repute by mendacity about it on-line – which he denies.

Ms Carroll’s attorneys have argued that the episode, made public in January, undermines Mr Trump’s argument that she was not his sort.

The front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has stated he couldn’t have raped Ms Carroll, as a result of “she’s not my type” and referred to as the case politically motivated.

Ms Carroll, a former recommendation columnist at Elle journal, is in search of unspecified damages.

A social media and advertising and marketing professional employed by Ms Carroll advised jurors on Thursday that the price to restore the reputational harm of Mr Trump’s statements may vary from $368,000 (£292,000) to $2.8 million (£2.2m).

Trump will ‘in all probability attend’ trial

Mr Trump, 76, won’t testify on the trial and has not been within the Manhattan courtroom to this point.

But on Thursday, he stated he “will probably attend” the trial when requested by Sky News.

Speaking at his Trump Doonbeg resort in Ireland’s Co Clare, he stated: “I will probably attend [the trial] and I think it’s a disgrace that it’s allowed to happen, false accusations against a rich guy, or in my case against a famous, rich and political person.”

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan warned final week that Mr Trump may face extra authorized issues if he stored discussing the case.

Ms Carroll claimed after operating into Mr Trump at Manhattan’s Bergdorf Goodman, they teased each other to strive on a bit of lingerie.

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She alleged they ended up alone collectively in a altering room, the place Mr Trump pushed her in opposition to a wall and raped her earlier than she fought him off and fled.

Two of Ms Carroll’s long-time pals have testified that she advised them in regards to the assault shortly after it occurred and stated they believed her.

Since she first made her accusations in a 2019 memoir, Mr Trump has denied {that a} rape ever occurred or that he even knew Ms Carroll.

The trial is predicted to run into subsequent week after a day without work on Friday.