Donald Trump mistakes rape accuser for ex-wife in photo during deposition
- The ex-president, who said E. Jean Carroll was ‘not his type’, may have potentially undermined his own defence by confusing her with former partner Marla Maples
- Trump, who was sued by Carroll for sexual assault and defamation, repeated in his deposition that he was not attracted to women who looked like her
After claiming that she “was not my type”, Donald Trump stunningly mistook his sexual assault accuser, E. Jean Carroll, for his ex-wife Marla Maples in testimony for her suit against the former president.
Excerpts of a deposition of Trump released on Tuesday saw him potentially undermine one of his key defences against Carroll’s allegation that he raped her in a New York department store changing room in the mid-1990s.
Carroll, now 79, has sued Trump for both sexual assault and for defamation after he said in a 2019 interview with The Hill that she was “totally lying” and simply trying to market her book.
In the October 19 deposition, Trump repeated his oft-made claim that he could not have pursued or raped her in the changing rooms at the Bergdorf Goodman store because he is not attracted to women who look like Carroll.
“I’ll say it with great respect. Number one, she’s not my type. Number two, it never happened,” he said.