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Diasabra 12 Maart 2022

Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser’s claims in ‘bad faith’

could have been far less,” the to his Manhattan residence appeals ruling.
judge wrote. or at the White House after
it was originally filed in New “Taken together, these ac-
Trump’s attorney, Alina York state court in Novem- tions demonstrate that defen-
Habba, responded to a mes- ber 2019. It was later moved dant’s litigation tactics have
sage seeking comment with to federal court. had a dilatory effect and, in-
an email saying, “While we deed, strongly suggest that he
are disappointed with the Trump then used “frivo- is acting out of a strong de-
Court’s decision today, we lous” legal challenges to de- sire to delay any opportunity
eagerly look forward to liti- lay progress of the lawsuit, plaintiff may have to present
gating this action and prov- the judge wrote, including her case against him,” the
ing at trial that the plaintiff’s claiming that the state court judge said.
claims have absolutely no ba- lacked jurisdiction over him
sis in law or in fact.” and that the lawsuit could The Associated Press does
not proceed until an appeal not typically identify people
Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for in another woman’s lawsuit who allege sexual assault un-
(AP) — Former President Thursday but publicly filed Carroll, said of the judge’s alleging sexual misconduct less they come forward pub-
Donald Trump’s legal Friday, Kaplan cited delays decision: “My client E. Jean by Trump was resolved. licly, as Carroll has done.
moves aimed at delaying a caused by Trump’s legal tac- Carroll and I could not agree
rape accuser’s defamation tics as he rejected the former more.” The lawsuit can’t go to trial The judge noted that Carroll
claims from reaching trial president’s attempt to coun- until the appeals court clari- is 78 years old and the only
are in bad faith and, so far, tersue Carroll under a law Carroll, a longtime advice fies whether the defendant is direct witness to the alleged
succeeding, a judge said in sometimes used to challenge columnist for Elle maga- Trump or the U.S. govern- rape besides Trump, saying
a decision released Friday defamation lawsuits that un- zine, wrote in a June 2019 ment. “the relevance of these facts
as he rejected an attempt fairly make claims. book that Trump raped her in is obvious.”
by Trump to countersue. the mid-1990s in an upscale In August 2020, Trump re-
A countersuit could have Manhattan department store. portedly instructed then- “In the Court’s view, char-
E. Jean Carroll’s single claim been filed 14 months ago, Trump denied it and ques- U.S. Attorney General acterization of defendant’s
of defamation “could have Kaplan wrote. tioned Carroll’s credibility William Barr to cause the previous and threatened fu-
been tried and decided — and motivations. United States to intervene ture actions as dilatory, in bad
one way or the other — long “The record convinces this and substitute itself as the faith or unduly prejudicial
ago,” U.S. District Judge Court that the defendant’s Judge Kaplan wrote of liti- defendant, the judge said. would be a bootless exercise.
Lewis A. Kaplan said. litigation tactics, whatever gation delays, saying Trump That challenge, continued by They are, in varying degrees,
their intent, have delayed the “attempted to evade” deliv- President Joe Biden’s Justice all three,” he said.
In a written ruling dated case to an extent that readily ery of a copy of the lawsuit Department, still awaits an

Yale strikes Sackler name from campus amid opioid outrage

(AP) — Yale University Peart did not respond to a and Beverly Sackler funded a Daily News reported.
has begun removing the Yale’s decision was first re- question about Yale’s inten- Sackler Institute for physics,
Sackler name from its ported by the Yale Daily tions with the money donat- engineering and biology that Purdue Pharma this month
campus, several years af- News. ed by the Sacklers. has since been restructured. reached a nationwide settle-
ter announcing it would And the Richard and Jona- ment of lawsuits over its
no longer accept dona- The Sacklers donated tens of The pharmacology professor than Sackler Professorship painkillers’ role in the crisis,
tions from the family that millions of dollars to pres- who held the David Sack- in Internal Medicine, estab- with Sackler family members
owns OxyContin maker tigious universities even as ler Professorship will be as- lished in 2009, has not been agreeing to pay out as much
Purdue Pharma. state governments began ef- signed to another chair, Peart assigned since a professor left as $6 billion themselves.
forts to hold members of the said. Gifts from Raymond the university in 2015, the
The Ivy League university, family accountable for Pur-
about 40 miles from Purdue’s due’s actions. In recent years,
headquarters in Stamford, is donor recipients including
the latest institution to dis- New York’s Metropolitan
tance itself from the family Museum of Art and some
amid outrage over its role in colleges have dropped the
the opioid crisis. Sackler name.

Yale, which received over $1 Dr. Andrew Kolodny, a critic
million in donations from of Purdue and the Sacklers
the family, last month reas- who has testified against the
signed an employee from the company in court, said he is
David A. Sackler Professor- not aware of any universities
ship of Pharmacology and that have returned Sackler
has no plans to fill academic donations or tried to use the
posts named for the Sacklers, money to address the opioid
university spokesperson Kar- crisis.
en Peart said.
“Universities and others that
“In 2021, the university made have taken money from the
a decision to pursue a separa- Sacklers should be thinking
tion from the Sackler name about this as blood money.
and has been actively work- It’s tainted. It’s not enough to
ing on specific plans consis- simply take the name down
tent with that decision which and keep the money in your
we expect to announce soon. pocket,” said Kolodny, who
No Yale faculty member cur- leads a program on opioid
rently holds a Sackler chair,” policy at Brandeis University.
Peart said.