Journalist and writer E. Jean Carroll, who publicly accused former President Donald Trump of raping her nearly 30 years ago, filed a civil complaint in a New York court this Wednesday with the same complaint.
Invoking the New York Adult Survivors Act, which took effect this Wednesday, the author calls for the former president to be tried by jury for the crime of injuries related to “rape and forcible touching,” and demands that Trump will pay the damages, with an indefinite fine.
Carroll, 78, had already filed a defamation suit against Trump after denying the rape charge, accusing him of making “false accusations” and derogatory comments about his appearance.
On her account on the social network Twitter, the author explained that this new lawsuit is possible “ruined Thanksgiving Day (which is celebrated this Wednesday in the US) for the former president”but maintains that this initiative may be relevant “to all women who have been grabbed, groped, harassed, pinched, pushed, assaulted, discredited or dragged through the mud by a powerful man”🇧🇷
“Some 27 years ago, the pranks at the luxury Bergdorf Goodman warehouses on New York’s Fifth Avenue took a dark turn when Defendant Donald J. Trump intercepted whistleblower E. Jean Carroll, forcing her against a fitting room wall. her up with his shoulder and raped her”is at the beginning of the text of the lawsuit filed this Wednesday.
The indictment tells the story of the writer, who was 52 years old at the time of the alleged rape, including a description of how Carroll told the story to two journalist friends, blamed herself for what happened and refused to press charges to the authorities. , remained silent until the Me Too movement (for denouncing sexual abuse) emerged.
The complaint also reveals how Carroll thought to impeach Trump in 2016 when he noticed other women denounce similar acts by the then-White House nominee, explaining that he did not do so out of respect for his mother, a Republican. policy.
The document states that the journalist and writer suffered permanent psychological and economic damage, including “loss of dignity and self-respect” and being unable to have romantic relationships. “since the day Trump raped her”🇧🇷
New York’s Adult Survivors Act allows reports of rape and other sexual assaults for the next 12 months — which usually expire after 5 years — regardless of the year the act occurred.
About 750 women are slated to report to the Department of Corrections for prison sex abuse cases, according to North American media, while cases related to millionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein and Robert Haden, a gynecologist, are also planned who has been convicted of child abuse. patients.
The state of New York had already passed a similar law in 2019, establishing a special period for victims who were sexually assaulted when they were minors, and flooding the courts with about 11,000 complaints, many of them against the Catholic Church and against the organization of Scouts, as well as one against Prince Andrew, of the English royal family.
Source: DN
