Trump loses last bid to keep key evidence out of rape trial

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By LARRY NEUMEISTER 23 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s effort to keep key evidence out of his civil rape trial next month was rejected by a federal judge Monday.

Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan ruled that key witnesses will be allowed to testify and misogynistic remarks Trump made about women in 2005 when he apparently didn’t realize he was being recorded can be played for a jury that will hear quarter-century-old rape allegations made by a former magazine columnist.

A trial in the case filed by E. Jean Carroll is scheduled to start April 25. Carroll and Trump are expected to testify.

Carroll said in a 2019 memoir that she was raped by Trump in the mid-1990s in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman, an upscale Manhattan department store. She said a chance encounter filled with lighthearted banter turned violent when they entered a small room while teasing one another about who would try on a piece of lingerie.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-rape-allegations-columnist-carroll-5e315659ccbffdaa8c1f21a2b6610ae9

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Good to see more "chronology" filling in

I.e., the Bragg case is possibly kicking off this week. The E. Jean Carrol trial has that date of April (and as I recall seeing an earlier story, it's a combination case), then the GA Fulton County DA has some disposition as "imminent" which may end up being forwarded to a regular grand jury (that can only stay in session for 3 months), which some have suggested might be able to convene as early as May, and then the NY AG huge civil tax fraud case has a trial date currently set for October. These are all state cases.

The multiple federal ones will be a whole other thing.

[SheltieLover]

4. Meanwhile, SC Smith is hot on the slob's trail!

[gab13by13]

8. The judge just ruled the 2 cases can't be combined for Carroll.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Just seeing that the ruling just happened yesterday too!

Finding clarification, I had left off at what evidence the judge said could be used -

(snip)

Kaplan ruled earlier this month that Carroll could use the “Access Hollywood” tape and the testimony of two other women who have accused Trump of sexual assault as evidence in her defamation case.

The first lawsuit’s trial, which was supposed to start on April 10, has been paused indefinitely, while the second lawsuit is headed to trial on April 25.

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3908721-judge-rejects-effort-to-combine-e-jean-carrolls-lawsuits-against-trump-into-single-trial/

So still a trial with a date of April (if that holds)!

[70sEraVet]

12. It sounds like it's the second lawsuit that could be the most damaging to Trump.

"The second defamation lawsuit also includes Carroll suing Trump for battery when he allegedly raped her in the 1990s."
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3908721-judge-rejects-effort-to-combine-e-jean-carrolls-lawsuits-against-trump-into-single-t

That's the suit that is scheduled for April 25.
And if Trump is indicted in the Stormy case BEFORE April 25, his DNA will be in a database?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Plus Dominion voting company lawsuit v Fox Noise kicks into high gear today. Threads on DU. . . . nt

[BumRushDaShow]

11. Have been following those on the side

(and watching the squirming and the people thrown under the bus )

[republianmushroom]

2. More bad news, Donald.

26 months and counting

[riversedge]

3. Good news.

[OMGWTF]

5. Hey Rapey McFuckface -- just turn over your DNA to prove your innocence. Problem solved.

Except you are guilty AF and on behalf of all women who have been SA you deserve to be disarmed. Snip!

[multigraincracker]

6. Things are going so bad for him,

next thing you know, Don Jrs laptop will turn up.

[cilla4progress]

7. Wait - I read that this trial was

indefinitely continued today?