During a deposition:
Donald Trump mistook his sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples when shown a photograph from the 1990s to potentially undermine one of the common defenses he has used to deny the allegations of assault.
An attack, Trump, who is being sued by Carroll, an author and advice columnist, for defamation and sexual assault stemming from the same alleged encounter, has repeatedly said Carroll is not his "type," suggesting an assault could not have occurred because he would not have pursued her romantically.
"That's Marla, yeah. That's my wife. " Trump said under examination from Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan, in a new selection of excerpts from the deposition that was unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Donald Trump mistook his sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples when shown a photograph from the 1990s to potentially undermine one of the common defenses he has used to deny the allegations of assault.
An attack, Trump, who is being sued by Carroll, an author and advice columnist, for defamation and sexual assault stemming from the same alleged encounter, has repeatedly said Carroll is not his "type," suggesting an assault could not have occurred because he would not have pursued her romantically.
"That's Marla, yeah. That's my wife. " Trump said under examination from Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan, in a new selection of excerpts from the deposition that was unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
