Former President Trump's DNA will not be used as evidence in the civil suit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, says the judge presiding over the case. Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a NYC department store in the 1990s.
, who alleges Trump raped her in a New York City department store in the 1990s, the judge presiding over the case said Wednesday., U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said that the time for new evidence in the case had passed and that the matter will proceed to trial without a sample of Trump's DNA.in January 2020 to see whether his genetic material was on a dress she said she wore during the alleged encounter.
Kaplan rejected that proposal in his ruling Wednesday, noting that it came well after both sides had submitted all their evidence in the case, which is scheduled to go to trial in April. "Her counsel have had plenty of opportunities" to"move to compel Mr. Trump to submit a DNA sample," he said."Had they done so, they almost certainly would have gotten it."Kaplan also questioned how worthwhile the evidence would be, noting there is no evidence of any sperm cells on the dress. So even if there were a match,"it would not prove or disprove Ms. Carroll's rape allegation," he said. And if there were no match, it"would not disprove Ms.
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