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☆ E. Jean Carroll, writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape, files new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-25 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK — A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago. Previously, Carroll had been barred by state law from suing over the alleged rape because too many years had passed since the incident. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who presides over the defamation lawsuit Carroll filed three years ago, may decide to include the new claims in a trial likely to occur in the spring. Trump and Carroll also have already been deposed. Attorney Michael Madaio, a lawyer for Trump, said at the hearing that the new allegations are significantly different than the original defamation lawsuit and would require “an entirely new set” of evidence gathering.

☆ New York Law Opens Window to Sue Over Decades-Old Sex-Abuse Claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

New York state on Thursday opened a yearlong window in which people who say they were sexually assaulted as adults can sue their alleged abusers, no matter how long ago the conduct occurred. State lawmakers provided victims the opportunity under the Adult Survivors Act, which allows people to file civil sex-abuse lawsuits without regard to the statute of limitations for such offenses. The legislation comes on the heels of a similar lookback window for people who said they were abused as children. Lawmakers and advocates pushed for the equivalent for adults, arguing that older survivors also faced barriers to immediately coming forward.

☆ New York Law Offers Chance to Sue Over Decades-Old Sex-Abuse Claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Corinne Ramey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ A new NY law lets sexual assault survivors file new lawsuits, even if the statute of limitations has expired
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new New York law lets survivors of sexual assault file new lawsuits regardless of how far in the past the abuse occurred. The Adult Survivors Act went into effect on Thursday, giving survivors a one-year window to file civil suits. The Adult Survivors Act, which New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law in May, went into effect on Thursday. "Dearest friends, tonight, a few minutes after midnight, we filed the rape suit against the former president," Carroll said in a statement. The New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision previously told Insider that it has "zero tolerance for sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and unauthorized relationships."

☆ Writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape files new lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Larry Neumeister | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Carroll claims that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies knowing Carroll. Trump responded to the book's allegations by saying it could never have happened because Carroll was "not my type." Previously, Carroll had been barred by state law from suing over the alleged rape because too many years had passed since the incident. In her new claims, Carroll maintains that Trump committed battery "when he forcibly raped and groped her" and that he defamed her when he denied raping her last month.

He repeated the denial in an Oct. 12 post on his Truth Social account, calling Carroll's claim a "hoax" and "lie," prompting the new defamation claim. That would likely not affect her second lawsuit because Trump is a private citizen, having left the White House in January 2021. To support her battery claim, she said Trump caused her lasting psychological harm, and left her unable to sustain a romantic relationship. She also told the judge a longer delay made sense because Trump had not hired a lawyer for the second lawsuit. Judge Kaplan said he may decide early next week how to schedule both lawsuits.

☆ E. Jean Carroll files a new lawsuit on Thanksgiving accusing Trump of rape
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

E. Jean Carroll has filed a second lawsuit against former President Donald Trump. Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. The second complaint stems from Carroll's allegation that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-1990s. Now Carroll is filing a second lawsuit against Trump for additional comments calling Carroll's story a "Hoax and a lie" in October, and for battery. In the new lawsuit, Carroll's lawyers say the alleged rape caused her "significant pain and suffering, lasting psychological and pecuniary harms, loss of dignity and self-esteem, and invasion of her privacy."

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Adult sexual abuse victims in New York will get an opportunity to sue over decades-old allegations beginning Thursday when a law revives a range of cases including ones against hospitals, Wall Street banks and former U.S. President Donald Trump. New York's Adult Survivors Act creates a one-year period when victims can file lawsuits that otherwise would have been barred because the case was too old. It was modeled on the state's Child Victims Act that revived old claims over child sex abuse and led to thousands of lawsuits against schools, churches and youth organizations. The number of adult cases is likely to be lower than cases involving children, said Jeff Herman, an attorney who represents victims of sexual abuse. One challenge for adult abuse cases is determining consent, said Herman.

☆ E. Jean Carroll is suing Trump again. Here's a rundown of all the pending litigation between the two.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

E. Jean Carroll, who alleges Trump raped her, sued him for defamation more than three years ago. Insider breaks down where the pending litigation between Carroll and Trump stands. That's the day that Carroll plans to file a new lawsuit against Trump, accusing him of battery and defamation, her lawyer explained in a November 17 court filing. With multiple hearings in different courts coming up, Insider breaks down all of the pending litigation between Carroll and Trump, who recently announced he's running for president again in 2024. Five months later, Carroll sued Trump for defamation, alleging he attacked her reputation by claiming she made the story up.

A draft of the lawsuit was included in a Thursday filing by her lawyer Roberta Kaplan in Manhattan federal court, where Carroll is also suing Trump for defamation over an earlier statement about the incident. The proposed lawsuit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, and a retraction of Trump's statement. Carroll's earlier lawsuit stemmed from Trump's June 2019 statement denying that he raped her, and saying she concocted their alleged encounter to sell her forthcoming book. Trump's lawyers have proposed a May 8 trial that does not address the second lawsuit, court papers show. The case is Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

☆ NYC hospitals to pay $165M to women abused by gynecologist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK — Two New York hospitals have agreed to pay more than $165 million to 147 former patients who have accused a former gynecologist of sexual abuse and misconduct. Last year, the two hospitals reached a settlement to establish a $71 million compensation fund with 79 of Hadden’s former patients. He currently awaits trial on separate federal charges of sexually abusing dozens of young and unsuspecting female patients for over two decades. Among Hadden’s accusers was Evelyn Yang, the wife of the former presidential candidate and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang. Kathy Hochul in May will offer an avenue for what she called “countless other Hadden survivors.” The act opened a one-year window for sexual abuse claims that would otherwise have been time-barred under law.

☆ Donald Trump wins ruling in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Jonathan Stempel | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan asked an appeals court in Washington to weigh in on whether the laws of that district shielded Trump from liability. Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, and had been hoping to go to trial as soon as next February. On Sept. 20, Kaplan said Carroll planned to sue Trump for battery and inflicting emotional distress even if the defamation claims were thrown out. 'WE DO NOT PASS JUDGMENT'Trump claimed he was shielded from Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government employees from defamation claims. That would have ended Carroll's case, because the United States had not waived its immunity from defamation claims.

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☆ Former Elle columnist, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her in the 1990s, plans to sue under New York law that opens up statute of limitations for abuse cases
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The writer sued Trump for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in a dressing room in the 1990s. Carroll's lawyer is asking to combine the defamation trial with a civil sexual battery suit. The writer was unable to pursue a case against Trump due to the state's statute of limitations on certain sexual offenses. Carroll previously made the accusation against Trump public in her 2019 memoir, "What Do We Need Men For?" "To date, discovery in the above-referenced defamation case has been entirely one way," Kaplan wrote.

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterFILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll departs from her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriNEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A onetime Elle magazine columnist who accused Donald Trump of raping her more than a quarter-century ago plans to file a new lawsuit against the former U.S. president over the incident, her lawyer said. E. Jean Carroll plans to bring claims of battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress under a New York law giving adult survivors of sexual misconduct a one-year window to bring civil claims that would otherwise be time-barred, Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan said in a letter filed on Tuesday. Trump has denied raping Carroll and accused her of concocting the rape claim to sell her book. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ New York Will Allow Adult Victims to Revive Decades-Old Sex Abuse Claims
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-23 | by ( Grace Ashford | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But in 2017, she joined a chorus of women giving voice for the first time to some of the worst experiences of their lives. For Ms. Dixon, that meant going public to The New York Times with a long-suppressed claim that the media mogul Russell Simmons had raped her. But Ms. Dixon will soon have an opportunity to revisit pursuing her case. The State Assembly on Monday overwhelmingly passed the Adult Survivors Act, which enables adult victims, those 18 or older at the time of the alleged abuse, like Ms. Dixon, a one-time opportunity to file civil lawsuits in New York, even if any statutes of limitations have run out. Kathy Hochul, mirrors New York’s Child Victims Act, and gives adult survivors a one-year window to file suit.

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