Trump must sit for deposition in lawsuit brought by rape accuser E Jean Carroll

Donald Trump will have to answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit lodged by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Kaplan, the judge, said Trump has repeatedly tried to delay the collection of evidence in the lawsuit.

The judge noted that the collection of evidence for the lawsuit to go to trial was virtually concluded, except for the depositions of Trump and Carroll.

Whether the rape occurred is central to the defamation claims, as well as the anticipated new lawsuit, the judge said.