Former President Donald Trump mistook a photo of E. Jean Carroll, who is suing him for sexual assault and defamation, for his ex-wife Marla Maples during an October deposition, newly unsealed transcripts reveal.
Trump let his feelings about Carroll's allegations clear during the deposition, conducted under oath during an Oct. 19 session at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
"It is a hoax and a lie just like all the other hoaxes that have been played on me for the past seven years, and while I'm not supposed to say it, I will; This woman is not my type," said Trump. The deposition excerpts initially were sealed. However, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan, who his not related to Carroll's attorney, ordered them unsealed in separate orders on Friday and this week.
Carroll, now 79, is a former magazine advice columnist and beauty queen. She is one of roughly 17 women who have alleged that Trump touched them inappropriately. He has denied the allegations, and said in the excerpts that he never touched a woman sexually without consent. Both lawsuits filed by Carroll focus on what she alleges was a chance Manhattan meeting and in the Bergdorf Goodman luxury department store roughly 27 years ago. The encounter allegedly"took a dark turn," Carroll said in court filings.
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