Writer E. Jean Carroll to file new defamation, battery lawsuit against Trump

E. Jean Carroll, the writer who claims former President Donald Trump raped her, plans to revive her legal battle against him with a suit alleging defamation and battery under a new New York state law.

In a letter filed Thursday, Carroll’s attorney indicated she will file the case against Trump on Nov. 24 in the Southern District of New York.

Caroll will once again be bringing a defamation suit against Trump, this time for comments he made in an Oct. 12 post on his Truth Social platform claiming he has never met the writer. He also referred to her accusations as “a Hoax and a lie,” according to Carroll’s letter addressed to federal Judge Lewis Kaplan.

Not only did Trump blast her case a “complete con job” to his 4 million followers on the site, but he distributed this statement to New York-based reporters including staff of Fox News and the New York Times, the suit goes on to say.

According to Thursday’s filing, Carroll will also sue Trump for battery, saying he “forcibly raped and groped her” in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room across Fifth Avenue from Trump Tower sometime between 1995 and 1996.

The battery suit is timely.

Beginning the day she plans to file suit, the state’s Adult Survivors Act will go into effect. The new law gives adult sexual assault survivors the opportunity to file civil claims against their abusers or an institution that may have protected them, regardless of when the statute of limitations expired.

Trump previously tried to stave off a defamation suit from Carroll by claiming protection because his comments about her had been made while he was president. The remarks at the heart of Carroll’s new suit occurred after Trump left office.