NEW YORK — The New York author who claims Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s filed a public copy of a battery lawsuit she plans to bring against him next week, adding a new legal threat to the former president days after he announced a third run for the White House.
E. Jean Carroll, a former advice columnist with Elle magazine, will file the lawsuit on Nov. 24 — the day a new state law takes effect to temporarily lift the statute of limitations on civil claims for sexual offenses, her lawyer said in a filing Thursday in federal court in Manhattan.
The new complaint, based on the New York Adult Survivors Act, will tee up Carroll’s claim as one of the first tests of the law, which was passed by New York lawmakers in the wake of the “Me Too” movement. Trump has vigorously denied attacking Carroll or touching her in any way.
