A federal judge says former President Donald Trump has missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn't rape a longtime magazine advice columnist, clearing away a potential roadblock to an April trial.
A federal judge says former President Donald Trump has missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he didn't rape a longtime magazine advice columnist, clearing away a potential roadblock to anJudge Lewis A. Kaplan on Wednesday rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump's legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebutKaplan said that lawyers for Trump and Carroll had over three years to make DNA an issue in the case and that both chose not to do so.
Trump's lawyers did not immediately comment on Kaplan's ruling. Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, declined to comment. After refusing to provide Trump's DNA sample, his lawyers recently switched tactics, saying they would provide his DNA if Carroll's lawyers turned over the full DNA report on the dress.
And the judge noted that the report did not find evidence of sperm cells and that reopening the dispute would raise a"complicated new subject into this case that both sides elected not to pursue over a period of years."
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