Judge dismisses Trump’s rape case against E. Jean Carroll

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Former President Donald Trump’s former lawyer requested a mistrial Monday in E. Jean Carrolls civil rape case against the ex-commander-in-chief citing widespread unfairness and bad decisions by a federal court judge in Manhattan.

But Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the motion before the jury was brought into the courtroom Monday morning. The judge did not explain his decision.

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina said in a letter filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday that he will ask Kaplan to correct the record for every instance in which the Court misrepresented the facts of this case to the jury or gave him more wide opportunity. cross-examining Carroll.

Here, despite the fact that the testimony of the trial was conducted for only two days, the proceedings were already filled with many examples of unfair treatment of the Defendants by the Court, most of which were witnessed by the Jury, wrote he.

Carroll, 79, testified last week that Trump, 76, raped her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in midtown Manhattan, possibly in the spring of 1996.

She accused him of slandering her when she denied his claims, said he wasn’t her type, and suggested she made up the story to boost sales of her 2019 memoir.

The former president has denied any wrongdoing.

Former President Donald Trumps attorney Joe Tacopina has requested a mistrial in E. Jean Carrolls civil rape case against his client, citing rampant unfairness and bad decisions by Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan.AFP via Getty Images

Carroll took the witness stand for the third time Monday, for the second day of cross-examination of Tacopina, arguing that he should have been allowed to explore why he did not seek security footage from the store and why he did not go to the police after the alleged incident.

You cant beat on me because I didn’t screamer, Carroll told him after insisting earlier that she was not a screamer Im a fighter.

E. Jean Carroll will take the stand on Monday for the second day of cross-examination. ALEC TABAK Carroll testified that Trump raped her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman probably in the spring of 1996.

In his mistrial request, Tacopina also complained that the judge stopped his questioning when he pushed Carroll to explain why he didn’t scream.

Tacopina pressed Carroll on Monday about why he didn’t report the alleged assault to police.

Carroll responded that women from her generation were not taught to report incidents like hers.

The fact that I didn’t go to the police is not surprising from someone my age,” he said. “I would never call the police about something I’m ashamed of.”

“I’m ashamed of what happened,” he said. “I thought it was my fault.”

A representative for Carroll declined to comment to The Post.

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