Judge rejects Trump’s motion to dismiss E Jean Carroll defamation case.
Judge Denies Trump’s Motion for Summary Judgment in Defamation Case
Judge Lewis Kaplan has denied former President Donald Trump’s motion for a summary judgment in the defamation case brought by author E. Jean Carroll. In a filing on Thursday, Kaplan stated that Trump’s four grounds for dismissing the lawsuit “are without merit.”
Trump’s Assertions Rejected by the Judge
The judge denied Trump’s assertions of presidential immunity, not defamatory per se, were nonactionable opinion, or that Carroll consented to the allegedly defamatory statements.
The lawsuit, filed by Carroll in 2019, accuses Trump of raping her at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s. Carroll’s lawyers have recently sought to amend the complaint to include comments Trump made about the verdict of another lawsuit. In response, Trump has filed a counterlawsuit against Carroll on defamation charges.
In a separate lawsuit filed by Carroll, a New York jury found Trump liable for defamation and sexual abuse against Carroll in civil court. However, Trump was not found liable for rape.
The 2019 lawsuit had been on hold after Kaplan denied a motion in April to merge it with the previously decided case.
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