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A video deposition of former President Donald Trump shows him mixing up former wife Marla Maples with rape accuser E. Jean Carroll — clutching a photo of her and asserting “That’s my wife.”
The mistaken identity slip came during the 48-minute video made public Friday in Carroll’s ongoing civil rape trial and were made up of clips of the 45th president’s deposition testimony from Oct. 19, 2022, and shown to a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday and Thursday.
The clips show Trump, 76, being questioned by lawyers for Carroll — who claims he sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman fitting room around 1996.
“It’s the most ridiculous, disgusting story,” Trump said of Carroll’s allegations.
“It was just made up.”
A racy 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape of Trump speaking to co-anchor Billy Bush — unaware of a live mic recording their randy remarks — was also played for Trump before he was quizzed about it. In the recording, he says he would grab women “by the p–y” and they’d allow it because he’s a star.
“This is very old news,” Trump said of the recording.
“Fully litigated during debates, during everything else. Fully litigated.. And you know what I said then and I say it now?
“Locker room talk. That was locker room talk. That’s what goes on.”
Carroll’s lawyer questioned Trump about his statement on the recording that he can grab women “by the p—y,” because he’s a star and women let him.
“Historically that’s true with stars … if you look over the last million years, I guess that’s been largely true,” Trump responded.
“Not always but largely true.
