E Jean Carroll files new suit against Trump as New York sexual abuse law takes effect
by Associated Press in New York from US news | The Guardian on (#6662H)
JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank also face lawsuits in connection with Jeffrey Epstein's alleged sex trafficking
A New York law that temporarily allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their abusers beyond the statute of limitations for civil claims came into effect on Thursday - and with it, the first of what could be hundreds of new legal actions.
Among the first claims filed under the Adult Survivors Act (ASA), signed into law in May by Governor Kathy Hochul, is that of E Jean Carroll, a writer who accused Donald Trump of rape. Carroll filed an upgraded lawsuit against Trump minutes after the new state law took effect.
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