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Advice Columnist Who Accused Trump Of Rape Now Seeks His DNA

Eric Quintanar
Advice Columnist Who Accused Trump Of Rape Now Seeks His DNA
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A lawyer for E. Jean Carroll, an advice columnist for the lifestyle magazine Elle, has sent a letter to President Trump’s personal attorney demanding a sample of Trump’s DNA, in an effort to substantiate a claim that Trump forcibly raped Carroll in the 1990s when she was 52, and that the president’s skin cells are still on the dress she was wearing during the alleged incident. 

According to the New York Times, which obtained a copy of the letter, Roberta Kaplan, the accuser’s lawyer, says that Trump has until March 2 to comply with a DNA laboratory test, so that an “analysis and comparison of unidentified male DNA present on the dress” can be compared to the president’s DNA. 

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