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Accused of rape, Donald Trump mistakes his alleged victim for his ex wife in photo The

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EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI / AFP (FILES) In this file photo taken on November 8, 2022, former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the media while exiting a polling station after voting in the U.S. midterm elections with Morton and Barbara Mandel in Palm Beach , Florida. – Former US President Donald Trump is urging Facebook to restore his account two years after it was deactivated, his staff said on Jan. 18, 2023, while preparing for a third White House bid. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP)

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Donald Trump, here in Palm Beach, Florida, on November 8, 2022.

UNITED STATES — Of a journalist, E. Jean Carroll, accused of rape in the 1990s, Donald Trump mistook her for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photo, according to a court document from an October testimony in New York.

The 76-year-old former US President is scheduled to appear in a New York court on April 10, 2023 in a defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll, 79, who accuses him of raping her in a booth at a York department store in 1995 or 1996

A double civil trial for alleged defamation and rape has been brought by E. Jean Carroll, former Elle magazine columnist, against Donald Trump, 76, billionaire businessman and Republican president, since 2019, then 2022, from 2017 to 2021 in the federal courthouse in Manhattan.

The two submitted their affidavits last October.

During his Oct. 19 testimony via video link — released this week — Donald Trump reiterated his line of defense: “I will say this with the utmost respect: First, she’s not my type; then it never happened.”

But when shown a photo of himself with E. Jean Carroll at a reception in the 1990s, he replied, “This is Marla, this is my wife,” before his own attorney, Alina Habba, corrected him.

“Not His Kind of Woman”

Donald Trump was married to actress Marla Maples, 59, from 1993 to 1999 and met his current wife, Melania, in 1998.

In the defamation lawsuit, E. Jean Carroll sued Trump in November 2019. She alleges that he defamed her because he called her rape allegations an “outright lie” in June of that year.

The then White House tenant always responded that E. Jean Carroll was “not his kind of woman,” and his attorneys claimed he was protected by his immunity as head of state in 2019.

As for the rape allegations, E. Jean Carroll was unable to file a complaint in 2019 because the alleged facts were established.

However, on November 24, 2022, a New York state law (“Adult Survivors Act”) went into effect that allows victims of sexual assault to resume their civil suit for one year.

E. Jean Carroll therefore filed a new lawsuit in New York in November for “defamation”, but also “assault” and “act” and requested a civil trial for damages, which is scheduled to take place on April 10th.

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