Former President Donald Trump has requested a mistrial in a lawsuit by author E. Jean Carroll against him, accusing him of rape and defamation.

In a letter filed early this morning in Manhattan federal court, his lawyer Joe Tacopina cited the judge’s alleged errors, including mischaracterizing evidence in favor of Carroll and interfering on Trump’s defense.

Tacopina argued that he should have been allowed to question Carroll because he did not request surveillance video of her alleged rape and that the judge would not allow him to question her. why didn’t he go to the police.

Carol accuses Trump of raping her in a New York department store fitting room in the mid-1990s.

Deciding in November 2019 to take civil defamation claims, she then filed a lawsuit against Trump because in June of that year he called her rape allegations “complete lies.”

The then Republican president consistently responded that Carol was “not the kind of woman he prefers,” and his lawyers argued in 2019 that their client was protected by head of state immunity.

Regarding the rape allegations, Carol D.he was unable to file a lawsuit in 2019 because the alleged crime had expired.

However, on November 24, 2022, a New York State law (“Adult Victims Act”) went into effect that allows victims of sexual assault to file a civil lawsuit within one year.

As such, Carol filed a new civil suit in New York in November for “defamation” as well as “assault” and sought a lawsuit for damages, with her lawyers accusing Trump in the lawsuit of “caressing her”. , tamed her and raped her.”

Source: APE-MPE, Reuters.