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U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said that, contrary to his
claims in legal filings, subjecting Trump to a deposition in the
case would not impose an "undue burden" on him.
Carroll sued Trump in November 2019, five months after he denied
raping her in the mid-1990s. In denying the allegations, Trump
said at the time that Carroll was "not my type."
Trump's attorneys have also argued that he was shielded from
Carroll's lawsuit by a federal law immunizing government
employees from defamation claims.
The case has been on hold as a Washington, D.C.-based federal
appeals court decides whether Trump was acting in his official
capacity as president when he called Carroll a liar.
"We are pleased that Judge Kaplan agreed with our position not
to stay discovery in this case." Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for
Carroll, said in a statement.
Trump accused Carroll of making up the original accusation and
said the courts should have thrown out the lawsuit.
"In the meantime, and for the record, E. Jean Carroll is not
telling the truth, is a woman who I had nothing to do with,
didn’t know, and would have no interest in knowing her if I ever
had the chance," Trump said in a statement.
Trump attorney Alina Habba said in a statement: "We look forward
to establishing on the record that this case is, and always has
been, entirely without merit."
Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, has said she also
plans to sue Trump on Nov. 24 for battery and inflicting
emotional distress.
On that date, a recently enacted New York state law gives
victims of sexual misconduct a one-year window to sue over
alleged sexual misconduct even if the statute of limitations has
expired.
(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Additional reporting by Dan
Whitcomb in Los Angeles; Editing by David Gregorio and Stephen
Coates)
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