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US writer who accused Trump of rape files battery lawsuit

E Jean Carroll has two lawsuits filed against former United States President Donald Trump, both connected to an alleged rape in the 1990s [File:Craig Ruttle/AP]

A writer who accused former US President Donald Trump of rape has filed a second lawsuit against him minutes after a new New York State law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago.

E Jean Carroll’s complaint, filed in a New York City federal court, accuses Trump of battery, “when he forcibly raped and groped her” and of defamation, citing an October post on his Truth Social platform where he denied the alleged rape.

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