Trump mistook rape accuser E Jean Carroll for ex-wife, deposition shows

Excerpts show former president was corrected by lawyer when shown picture of himself with Carroll in the 1990s

Donald Trump mistook E Jean Carroll, the writer who accuses him of rape, for his ex-wife Marla Maples during a deposition in the case last year, excerpts released in US district court on Wednesday showed.

That's Marla, yeah," Trump said, when shown a photograph. That's my wife."

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