Woman who accused Donald Trump of rape is seeking a DNA sample
Advice columnist "never happened" and Carroll is "totally lying."
Mr. Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct.
According to court documents, Mr. Trump is required to provide a buccal, blood or skin cell sample for DNA analysis and comparison on March 2. The DNA will be compared against unidentified male DNA that has been found on Carroll's dress.
Carroll's attorney Robert Kaplan said Mr. Trump's DNA could determine whether he lied when he said he didn't assault Carroll, or had ever even met her.
"Testing unidentified male DNA on the dress she wore during that assault has become standard operating procedure in these circumstances given the remarkable advances in DNA technology, particularly where, as is the case here, other potential contributors have been excluded," she said. "As a result, we've requested a simple saliva sample from Mr. Trump to test his DNA, and there really is no valid basis for him to object."
According to AP, Kaplan decided to have the dress tested after Mr. Trump's denial. In November, Carroll filed a defamation lawsuit against the president.
AP also reported that Mr. Trump's lawyer tried to get the case dismissed, but a judge declined earlier this month to do so because the attorney had not backed up his arguments that the case didn't belong in a New York court.
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