Surrounded by six cases, the first American president to be criminally indicted will face this week the accusation of a rape he allegedly committed on a journalist in the 1990s.
Court cases are piling up on Donald Trump’s landing. After facing a New York judge on Tuesday in the highly publicized trial where the former American president is accused of 34 charges for having notably bought the silence of the pornstar Stormy Danielsfive other cases target him, including one that will open tomorrow.
Monday, April 10, the 45th President of the United States will face journalist E. Jean Carroll. This former columnist for the magazine Elle accuses Trump of having raped her in 1995 in a dressing room of a Manhattan department store, where he was helping her choose a gift for a friend. The journalist had tried to file a complaint in 2019, but had not been authorized to do so, the facts being prescribed.
However, on November 24, 2022, the entry into force of a law in the State of New York, allows victims of sexual assault to relaunch their civil legal action. E. Jean Carroll filed two new complaints, one for defamation and the other for assault and assault. The ex-president will be sued this week for damages.
Why is this important? This is the second trial involving Donald Trump in a few days, after the Stormy Daniels case. Thursday, Donald Trump thus became the first president in the history of the United States to be formally charged with a criminal crime. Historic decision made by the grand jury of a New York court.
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