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E. Jean Carroll, Who Accuses Trump of Raping Her, Sues President for Defamation

HeadlineNov 05, 2019

Advice columnist and former television host E. Jean Carroll has sued President Trump for defamation, after he denied raping her in the 1990s. Carroll has accused Trump of forcibly kissing, then raping her in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York. Trump has claimed that he did not know and had never met Carroll, despite a photo showing the two of them together at a party in the 1980s. Carroll said she’s filing the defamation suit “on behalf of every woman who has ever been harassed, assaulted, silenced, or spoken up only to be shamed, fired, ridiculed and belittled. No person in this country should be above the law – including the president.” Over 20 women have accused Trump of rape, assault or sexual misconduct.

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