A federal judge will allow the so-called Access Hollywood tape to be played at the defamation trial against former President Trump brought by E. Jean Carroll, a New Yorker who claims he raped her nearly three decades ago.
The 23-page opinion issued Friday by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in the New York borough of Manhattan also rejected Trump's effort to block Carroll from bringing in two female witnesses who accused Trump of assaulting them in the years before his political aspirations.Trump, 76, had argued against allowing Carroll to show the 2005 hot-mic recording of his highly criticized remarks to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush, saying it wasn't relevant to the trial.
“Most of the evidence that Mr. Trump seeks to keep from the trial jury is to the effect that Mr. Trump allegedly has abused or attempted to abuse women other than Ms. Carroll in ways that are comparable to what he allegedly did to Ms. Carroll," Kaplan wrote in his decision. Carroll, 79, alleges in one of her suits that the former president defamed her in 2019 after she disclosed her claim by saying she lied and saying that the allegation was motivated by politics and money.
Two other women who provided depositions against Trump include Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff. Jurors will hear their testimony when the trial is expected to begin late next month.
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