The statute of limitations for abuse cases will go into effect in New York on November 24, meaning that a former columnist will be able to file a lawsuit against the former president.
In an August letter to a New York judge, Kaplan wrote that she would be filing a suit for battery and intentional emotional distress under New York's Adult Survivors Act.
The state's statute of limitations prevented the writer from pursuing a case against Trump. There is a one-year window for victims of sexual assault who were over 18 years old at the time to file a civil case. When the law goes into effect on November 24, 2022, a lawsuit has until November 24, 2023 to be filed. The law was signed by the governor.
She made the accusation against Trump in her book.
She claimed in the book that in 1995 or 1996, Trump pushed her against a wall in a dressing room and sexually assault her.
Trump denied the accusations.
She's not my type, that's the first thing I'll say. Trump told The Hill that number two was false.
The defamation lawsuit against Trump is scheduled to go to trial in February.
In the same trial, Trump's lawyer wants to try him for battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The facts between the two cases overlap so much that there is no reason why they can't be tried together.
Trump's attorney wrote that her client was against the proposal to consolidate the cases.
The former president's responses for discovery in the defamation case were deficient, according to the legal team.
The above-referenced defamation case has been one way to discover.
The letter misrepresented the discovery efforts of Trump's client.
Attorneys for the two men did not reply to the request for comment.
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