Awkward moment Trump mistook rape accuser E. Jean Carroll for his EX-WIFE Marla Maples when he showed a photo of her from the 1980s in a newly released statement video (despite previously saying she wasn’t his type) !)
- Trump was shown a photo of Carroll and her husband speaking to him at an event in the 1980s
- However, he claimed she was actually his second wife, Marla Maples, before being corrected by his attorney
- Trump has vehemently denied the allegations and has yet to attend the civil trial after two weeks of testimony in Manhattan
Donald Trump mistook his rape accuser for his ex-wife Marla Maples in testimony before jurors in his civil case.
Attorneys for E Jean Carroll have released part of the former president’s interview in which he falsely points to an image of his rape accuser and claims it is his wife.
In the footage, Trump is shown a photo of himself addressing a group at an event, and is asked who the others in the video are.
He replies, “I don’t even know who the woman is – it’s Marla.” That’s Marla, yes. That’s my wife.’
But he is then corrected by his lawyer who says ‘it’s Carrol’ before going on to say that the photo is ‘very blurry’.
In the footage, Trump is shown a photo of himself speaking to a group at an event, and is asked who the others in the video are.
Lawyers for E Jean Carroll (circled) have released part of the former president’s interview in which he falsely points to an image of his rape accuser and claims it is his wife
The photo shows Trump in a late 1980s photo of him with his then-wife Ivana, Carroll, and her husband John Johnson.
Carroll, 79, has accused the former president, 76, of raping her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in Manhattan in the mid-1990s.
Trump has vehemently denied the allegations and has yet to attend the civil trial after two weeks of testimony in Manhattan.
Lawyers for the American journalist claim Trump’s confusion over the photo undermines his previous comments that Carroll is “not his type” – something he has repeated since she made the claims in 2019.
Jurors in the federal civil trial watched the statement video in which Trump repeated his claim about Carroll’s appearance and insisted that the allegations were fabricated.
He said, ‘I say with as much respect as I can, but she’s not my type. In no way shape or form my type.”
Trump later told Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan that he wouldn’t be “interested” in her either.
He said, “You wouldn’t be my choice either, to be honest, I hope you’re not offended.”
It also shows Trump calling her attorney a “political agent” and a “disgrace.”
Trump suggested he come back from a golf trip in Ireland to “confront” Carroll in court, saying, “I’m going back early because a woman made a claim that’s totally false, it’s bogus.”
But his attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge he would not testify in court, or call witnesses on his behalf.
The judge ruled that Trump would have until Sunday afternoon to decide, explaining that after that “the ship has irrevocably set sail.”
During the interview, nine jurors were shown the testimony footage, which was filmed last October and left the 2024 hopeful combative.