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/ Former US President Donald Trump will appear, on Tuesday, before a civil court in New York, where he is being sued for the second time for defamation by writer E. Jane Carroll, after he had been convicted in 2023 of sexually assaulting her.
Last Thursday, Trump (77 years old), who is considered the most likely candidate in the Republican Party primary elections after easily winning the caucus elections in Iowa, announced his intention to appear and defend himself personally in the courtroom against E. Jane Carroll (80 years old), the writer. Previous article in Elle magazine.
American media reported that Trump will attend the opening of the debates on Tuesday, then continue his election campaign on the same day in New Hampshire, the second state that will witness voting in the primary elections.
Trump says about the writer: “I have never seen this woman in my life… I have no idea who she is,” repeatedly describing her as a liar or “crazy,” despite his conviction last May of sexually assaulting her in 1996 and defaming her in The year is 2022 and he is asked to pay her compensation worth five million dollars.
Meanwhile, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote to the judge, expressing her concern that Trump would turn the hearing into a “circus” and “seek to dispel chaos.”
With at least six civil and criminal prosecutions facing him, the wealthy businessman has turned the indictments into a political platform, doubling down on the judges and prosecutors, whom he accuses of leading a “brutal campaign” to prevent him from winning the presidential election in November, as he said in capital letters. On his website, he addressed his supporters, “It is not me who is targeting him… but you.”
In the midst of the primary election campaign, the trial will once again raise the issue of Donald Trump’s behavior towards a number of women, given that he has been accused several times of sexual assault, although he has not been criminally convicted.