One author accuses the former president of raping her in the 1990s. He relies on a law that waives the statute of limitations for sexual assault claims.
Donald Trump is reportedly planning to challenge a New York law that allows people to sue over alleged sexual abuse decades ago as unconstitutional. This was announced on Wednesday by a lawyer for the former US president at a hearing before a federal court in Manhattan.
Trump is currently publishing the new self Adult Survivors Act lawsuit, which passed in the wake of the “Me Too” movement and lifts the statute of limitations for sexual assault lawsuits. New York author E. Jean Carroll accused the Republican of raping her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s. She is now seeking compensation for personal injury and damage to her reputation. Trump has repeatedly denied their allegations.
The challenge will be included in a motion to dismiss Carroll’s lawsuit, Trump’s attorney said. It would be one of the first constitutional challenges to the new law, which went into effect Nov. 24, the same day Carroll filed his lawsuit.
