President Donald Trump asked a New York judge to dismiss the allegation from a woman who claims Trump raped her in a department store dressing room 20 years ago.
According to The Hill, in a court filing Friday, Trump’s lawyer said that E. Jean Carroll, who is an advice columnist, shouldn’t be allowed to sue the President in New York because the statements at issue were made in Washington.
Trump denies the allegation added that the New York courts lack personal jurisdiction over him “even when the purported statements were published to New York readers/listeners, or were directed towards or caused harm to a New York citizen.”
Trump emphasized that he hadn’t been served the complaint in New York. Carroll claimed that Secret Service agents blocked her attempts to serve the complaint; however, a judge ruled she could serve it by mail to the White House.
Meanwhile, Carroll’s attorney criticized Trump’s understanding of the law around personal jurisdiction.
“When E. Jean’s case was filed, Donald Trump maintained a home in New York, was registered to vote in New York, paid taxes in New York, and had been sued in New York on numerous occasions — including since 2016 — without any objection,” Roberta Kaplan, Carroll’s lawyer, told Bloomberg News. “Tellingly, as his papers make clear, what this motion is really about is a transparent effort to avoid discovery at all costs in a case involving a sexual assault.”
Around 20 women by now have accused Trump of different types of sexual misconduct.
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