A writer who accused Donald Trump of raping her more than a quarter of a century ago plans to file a new lawsuit against the former US president, whose lawyer called the action "extraordinarily prejudicial”.
In a letter made public on Tuesday, a lawyer for E Jean Carroll said the former Elle magazine columnist plans to sue Mr Trump for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress under New York state's Adult Survivors Act.
The law, recently signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, gives adult accusers a one-year window to bring civil claims over alleged sexual misconduct, regardless of how long ago it occurred.
Carroll has accused Mr Trump of raping her in late 1995 or early 1996 in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Midtown Manhattan.
Mr Trump has denied raping her and accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book.
Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said her client planned to sue him on November 24 when the state law took effect.
Ms Kaplan said the claims and Carroll's existing defamation case against Mr Trump could be tried together in February 2023.
In a letter responding to Ms Kaplan, Mr Trump's lawyer Alina Habba said he "adamantly" objected to combining both cases, after both sides finished gathering evidence for trial, and that it was "extraordinarily prejudicial" to add the new claims.
"To permit plaintiff to drastically alter the scope and subject matter of this case at such time would severely prejudice defendant's rights," Ms Habba wrote. "Plaintiff's request must be disregarded in its entirety."
Ms Kaplan said she now wanted Mr Trump to testify under oath at a deposition, to better understand his "theory of the case”, despite her saying in February that a deposition would not be needed.
"To be clear, the deposition of defendant need not take very long," she said.
Ms Kaplan's letter is dated August 8 and Ms Habba's August 11. They were made public on Tuesday afternoon. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan oversees the case.
Mr Trump faces an array of litigation and investigations, including into his attempts to undo the 2020 US presidential election and refusal to turn over various documents.
In August, he invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination more than 400 times during a deposition by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is conducting a civil inquiry into his Trump Organisation's business practices.
Mr Trump and Carroll are still awaiting a decision by the federal appeals court in Manhattan over whether her defamation case can proceed.
She sued in November 2019 after Mr Trump, then in his third year in the White House, told a reporter that she made up the rape claim, that he did not know her and that "she's not my type”.
He has argued that he was shielded from the suit by a federal law that provides immunity to government employees from defamation claims.
Both sides last argued their appeals on December 3.
Carroll's lawyers have said they want to obtain a DNA sample from Mr Trump to compare against a dress she said she wore during the alleged rape.
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The Federal National Council is one of five federal authorities established by the UAE constitution. It held its first session on December 2, 1972, a year to the day after Federation.
It has 40 members, eight of whom are women. The members represent the UAE population through each of the emirates. Abu Dhabi and Dubai have eight members each, Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah six, and Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain have four.
They bring Emirati issues to the council for debate and put those concerns to ministers summoned for questioning.
The FNC’s main functions include passing, amending or rejecting federal draft laws, discussing international treaties and agreements, and offering recommendations on general subjects raised during sessions.
Federal draft laws must first pass through the FNC for recommendations when members can amend the laws to suit the needs of citizens. The draft laws are then forwarded to the Cabinet for consideration and approval.
Since 2006, half of the members have been elected by UAE citizens to serve four-year terms and the other half are appointed by the Ruler’s Courts of the seven emirates.
In the 2015 elections, 78 of the 252 candidates were women. Women also represented 48 per cent of all voters and 67 per cent of the voters were under the age of 40.
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- George Sainsbury of the supermarket dynasty, sugar magnate William Park Lyle and actress Dame Gracie Fields were residents in the 1930s when the street was only known as ‘Millionaires’ Row’.
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- Land was originally the Bishop of London's hunting park, hence the name
- The road was laid out in the mid 19th Century, meandering through woodland and farmland
- Its earliest houses at the turn of the 20th Century were substantial detached properties with extensive grounds
