He stated he did not know her, she wasn’t his sort and that she was doubtless making false claims to advertise gross sales of her e-book and for political causes.
Ms Carroll, 80, is predicted to testify at subsequent week’s trial, projected to final a few week, that Trump’s remarks subjected her to ridicule and threats and broken her profession and popularity. She is in search of $10 million in compensatory damages and considerably extra in punitive damages.
Trump, 77, the main Republican contender on this 12 months’s presidential race, is listed as a witness for the trial, however he didn’t present up ultimately 12 months’s trial and it’s unknown whether or not he’ll testify.
As a part of his ruling Tuesday, the decide additionally dominated Mr Trump’s legal professionals can’t introduce proof or argument “suggesting or implying” that former president didn’t sexually assault Ms Carroll, that she fabricated her account of the assault or that she had monetary and political motivations to take action.