![]() ![]() In the pages unsealed Wednesday, Kaplan asked Trump if he was talking about Carroll's physical appearance in pictures when he said she was not his type. In November, she brought a separate lawsuit specifying that she is owed damages for rape, a legal road made possible when New York state enacted a temporary law allowing adult rape victims to sue their abusers, even if the attacks occurred decades ago. The deposition was recorded on video, but the recording was not put in the public record for two lawsuits seeking unspecified damages that Carroll has brought against Trump.Ĭarroll first sued him for defamation, saying his statements damaged her reputation. Habba did not immediately comment Wednesday. The transcript excerpts in four dozen pages released Wednesday came a week after several dozen other pages were unsealed by the court. Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, interjected to say: “No, that's Carroll.” That's my wife,” Trump answered, according to the transcript, apparently referring to Marla Maples, who he married several years after the picture was taken. “You're saying Marla is in this photo?” Kaplan asked. Trump pointed at Carroll in the picture and said: “It's Marla.” Kaplan also asked Trump about the black and white photograph that shows him with Carroll, her husband, and Trump's then-wife, Ivana Trump, who died last July at age 73. I’ve never seen the book actually,” he responded. He said a photograph showing him with Carroll and both of their spouses at an event in 1987 was apparently an unmemorable encounter on a receiving line.Ĭarroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, asked Trump if he read the book or any portion of it. He also said he had never met Carroll and dismissed her as “not my type.” ![]() Portions of the transcript of Trump's deposition were ordered unsealed in court records by a judge who would preside over a trial.Ĭarroll, a former longtime Elle magazine advice columnist, accused Trump in the book of attacking her in an upscale Manhattan department store in late 1995 or early 1996 after they ran into each other by chance and exchanged lighthearted banter about who should try on a piece of lingerie.Īfter the book was published, Trump said the encounter never happened and claimed Carroll was making it up to fuel book sales. ![]()
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