Trump has denied all accusations.
Last month, in a separate suit, a jury found Trump liable for battery and for defaming Carroll when he said in a 2022that her allegations were "a Hoax and a lie" and saying again that "This woman is not my type!" Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, added the charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations.
In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, President Donald J. Trump prepares to speak to the media as he departs the White House, in Washington, D.C.Jury members, who found that Trump did not rape Carroll but sexually abused her, awarded Carroll a total of $5 million in the suit. The Jan. 15 date puts the start of the upcoming trial one week before the scheduled date of the Iowa Republican caucuses, as Trump campaigns for a second term as president. However, Trump is not required to attend the civil trial, just as he did not attend the other trial last month.that Carroll could add to the original suit allegedly defamatory statements Trump made last month after he was found liable for sexually assaulting her.