A federal judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump's attempt to delay his deposition in a defamation lawsuit brought by an author who claims he raped her in a department store changing room in the 1990's.
Donald Trump is going to be deposed next week in a defamation case.
The deposition of Trump, who has denied the rape allegations, is scheduled to take place on October 19th, five days after the deposition ofCarroll.
District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York rejected Trump's attempt to delay the case on the basis that the defamation lawsuit is still unresolved.
Kaplan argued that the defamation suit was dependent on whether Mr. Trump raped her in a department store fitting room.
Kaplan denied Trump's bid to replace his name in the lawsuit with the " United States" because he was an employee of the United States when he made the allegedly defamatory remarks.
The lawsuit still needs a ruling from a federal appeals court in Washington D.C. to determine if Trump acted in the scope of his position as an employee of the United States.
The D.C. appeals court is still considering the case.
The New York Adult Survivors Act, which takes effect in November, will allow claims for rape to be revived even if the statute of limitations has expired. Roberta Kaplan said in a statement that she looks forward to filing the case under the Adult Survivors Act and moving forward to trial.
Trump accused her of faking a lie to sell more copies of her book, Hideous Men, after she accused him of raping her in the 1990s. The Westfall Act would apply to Trump because his denial was an official act while he was president. Kaplan turned down the delay attempt in October of 2020. The appeals court in New York ruled that he was a U.S. employee when he denied, but asked the appeals court in Washington D.C. to determine if he was acting as a federal employee.
Kaplan wrote that the defendants should not be allowed to run the clock out on the case.
A writer says Trump raped her plans to use a new law to prove something.
Why is the DOJ defending the president after he was accused of rape? There is a magazine called "Forbes."
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