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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Johanna Chisholm

E Jean Carroll files fresh defamation lawsuit against Trump under new New York law for adult assault victims

AP

E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused Donald Trump of sexually assaulting her in a New York department store several decades ago, is again pursuing a legal challenge against the former president, accusing him of battery and defamation.

On Thursday, a lawyer representing the 78-year-old former Elle advice columnist said in a court filing that his client would bring a new defamation lawsuit against for the one-term president for statements he made on social media last month that painted Ms Carroll as a liar and accused her case of being “a complete con job”, The New York Times reported.

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