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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Namita Singh

E Jean Carroll’s lawyers use Prince Andrew precedent to pursue rape claim against Trump

AP

The lawyers of E Jean Carroll, who has claimed Donald Trump raped her, are fighting the former president’s efforts to toss out her lawsuit by reminding the judge of the legal precedent he set in a similar lawsuit.

Ms Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, made the rape claim for the first time publicly in a 2019 book and said the former president had raped her in a department store in New York.

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