>>> TURNING NOW TO NEW YORK, STARTING TODAY A NEW STATE LAW
ALLOWS ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE TO SUE THEIR ALLEGED
ABUSERS REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS EXPIRES.
A FLOOD OF LAWSUITS IS NOW EXPECTED AND ONE OF THE FIRST
ONES WAS BROUGHT AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.
LET'S BRING IN CNN KARA SCANNELL.
IT WAS BROUGHT BY E. JEAN CARROLL, THE SECOND TIME SHE'S
TRIED TO SUE HIM. HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM THE
FIRST ONE? >> THAT'S RIGHT, BORIS.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU. THE FIRST LAWSUIT WAS BROUGHT IN
2019 THEN E. JEAN CARROLL SUED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
FOR DEFAMATION WHEN SHE SAID HE DEFAMED HER WHEN SHE DENIED HER
ALLEGATIONS HE RAPED HER IN A DRESSING ROOM OF A NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT STORE. AT THE TIME TRUMP SAID HE DIDN'T
KNOW HER. SHE WASN'T HIS TYPE AND MADE
THAT UP TO BOOST SALES OF HER BOOK BUT TODAY SHE IS SUING HIM
UNDER THAT NEW LAW SUING HIM FOR BATTERY AND DEFAMATION.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE IS SUING HIM FOR THE ACTUAL
ALLEGATIONS OF ASSAULT AND SHE'S ALSO SUING HIM FOR A NEW CLAIM
OF DEFAMATION, ONE IN A STATEMENT THAT HE MADE JUST LAST
MONTH. NOW, THIS LAWSUIT CAME UNDER THE
ADULT SURVIVOR'S ACT. THE WINDOW, A ONE-YEAR WINDOW
FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THEY WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND
WANTS TO SEEK REMEDY. THAT WINDOW OPENS TODAY.
E. JEAN CARROLL AMONG ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE MANY LAWSUITS
BROUGHT UNDER THAT AND THERE WILL BE ONE YEAR FOR ANY VICTIMS
TO MAKE THESE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST ANY OF THEIR ALLEGED
ATTACKERS, BORIS. >> YEAH, AND, THAT FIRST
LAWSUIT, IT COULD BE DECIDED IN THE COMING MONTHS.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT WILL HAVE ANY OUTCOME ON THIS NEW YORK
LAWSUIT, ANY BEARING ON THAT? >> IT REALLY SHOULDN'T BECAUSE
THAT FIRST LAWSUIT IS NOW UP BEFORE A D.C. APPEALS COURT AND
THE ISSUE THERE IS WHETHER THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS ACTING
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS DUTIES WHEN HE MADE THESE STATEMENTS
DENYING THE ATTACK AND THE STATEMENTS THAT CARROLL SAYS
WERE DEFAMATORY. IF THE D.C. COURT RULES IN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT'S FAVOR THAT WILL LIKELY GET THROWN OUT BUT
NEW CLAIMS ABOUT ASSAULT AS WELL AS THE DEFAMATION LAWSUIT, THIS
DEFAMATION STATEMENT TRUMP MADE LAST MONTH WHEN HE WAS CLEARLY
NOT IN OFFICE, NO LONGER PRESIDENT SO HE WON'T BE ABLE TO
USE THE SAME LEGAL ARGUMENTS HERE.
THEY'RE BOTH PLAYING OUT SIMULTANEOUS.
CARROLL'S LAWYERS ARE HOPEFUL AND THEY WANT THE JUDGE TO
COMBINE THEM AND GO TO TRIAL EARLY NEXT YEAR.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
ANOTHER TOPIC HERE, THE FORMER MAGAZINE COLUMNIST.
E. JEAN CARROLL IS SUING TRUMP FOR BATTERY, IT ALLOWS ADULTS
ALLEGING SEXUAL ASSAULT. IN 2019 SHE SUED HIM FOR
DEFAMATION, NOT BAYRY. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS CASE
UNDER THE CURRENT LAW? DOES SHE HAVE A CASE HERE AND
ARE WE LIKELY TO SEE RESOLUTION SOON?
>> IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT UNDER THE NEW LAW.
SHE WAS NOT -- SHE CLAIMS, BY THE WAY, IN THE 1990s SHE WAS
RAPED AND GROPED BY TRUMP IN AN ELEVATOR AT BERGDORF GOODMAN,
ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS DEPARTMENT STORES IN NEW YORK.
SHE NEVER BROUGHT A CASE WITHIN THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
HOWEVER, WHEN TRUMP BECAME PRESIDENT, HE ANSWERED A
REPORTER'S QUESTION ABOUT E. JEAN CARROLL'S CLAIMS.
SOME CLEVER LAWYERS LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, YOU KNOW SOMETHING,
THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IS STILL ALIVE ON DEFAMATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP THE WHOLE RAPE CASE BY CLAIMING IT'S
A DEFAMATION CASE. THAT CASE HAS BEEN GOING ON IN
THE COURTS FOR A LONG TIME NOW. WHAT SHE'S DOING NOW WITH THIS
NEW LAW THAT ALLOWS ANYBODY -- ELIMINATES THE STATUTE OF
LIMITATIONS IN CIVIL CLAIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IS TO COMBINE THE
TWO CASES. I THINK THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
THE JUDGE WILL GO ALONG WITH COMBINING THEM ALL, AND SHE MAY
HAVE A CLAIM THAT SHE AT LEAST CAN ASSERT AND TRY TO PROVE IN
COURT. TOUGH CASE TO PROVE, JIM.
IT'S ANCIENT. IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE SITUATION
OBVIOUSLY AND A PRETTY STRANGE FACT PATTERN, SAYING IT OCCURRED
IN A DRESSING ROOM AT BERGDORF GOODMAN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT. >> A CASE WHERE THE PRESIDENT'S
WORDS MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN HIM IN TROUBLE AND AT LEAST OPENED THIS
CASE FOR ADD JUTD CASE YET AGAIN.
PAUL CALLAN, THANKS SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU, JIM.