Legal

Trump Rape Accuser to Sue Him for Battery Under NY Survivors Law, Judge Told

E. Jean Carroll is suing under New York’s Adult Survivors Act
Former president has repeatedly denied Carroll’s rape claim

E. Jean Carroll
Photographer: Alec Tabak for New York Daily News/Tribune News Service/Getty Images

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By Erik Larson

November 17, 2022 at 9:43 PM UTC

Updated on

November 18, 2022 at 4:06 PM UTC

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The New York author who claims Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s filed a public copy of the battery lawsuit she has said she’ll bring against him next week, adding a new legal threat to the former president days after he announced a third run for the White House.

E. Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist with Elle magazine, will file the lawsuit on Nov. 24 and seek to combine it with her current defamation suit for a proposed joint trial as soon as April, her lawyer said in a filing Thursday in federal court in Manhattan.