LawNewz: Sexual assault charge against Trump worse than Cosby
Elura Nanos at LawNews asks why the media isn’t paying attention to the sexual assault lawsuit against Trump.
The disparity in public perception between the Cosby and Trump cases is fascinating. From a purely legal standpoint, the allegations against Trump are way worse than the ones against Cosby. Trump’s alleged victim, who filed the lawsuit, claims she was a thirteen-year-old child when the assault happened, while Cosby’s was a grown woman. Trump’s alleged attack was overtly violent, while Cosby’s was not. And the claims against Trump come with someone claiming to be an eyewitness, while Cosby’s does not. In fact, everything from procedure to substance weighs as badly, if not worse, against Trump as it does against Cosby. But, strangely, I even find the case against Trump hard to believe…
Trump’s anonymous accuser has alleged that the Donald raped her back in 1994, when she was thirteen, and that the 20-year statute of limitations never even started running. Ms. Doe argues that the statute is “tolled” because Trump threatened her…
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According to the plaintiff, Trump threatened to harm or even kill her and her family if she came forward with any accusations…
Trump is certainly powerful enough to have exerted 22 years of duress on someone. Alternatively, the whole thing could be fabricated. Trump’s attorneys have vehemently denied the allegations, even have gone so far to say they may go after the lawyer who filed the lawsuit. Either way, though, it’s alarming that this isn’t daily, front-page news. People say all sorts of things in the media, but when a federal lawsuit is filed, that’s a little different…
Yet, even I barely believe that Jane Doe’s allegations are true. And I can’t point to a single rational reason why. I’m most frightened by the possibility that the public’s general lack of interest in Jane Doe v. Donald J. Trump is a product the same personal-brand hype that catapulted Trump into the 2016 election. Just as he has convinced millions of Americans that he is a shrewd and infallible businessman, he may have convinced us that he would never have victimized a young girl. Just as he has painted himself as a “political outsider” despite having dined and golfed with presidents and governors, he may have created a fictionalized version of himself who could never be violent. Trump has induced millions of people to become unwavering supporters; he may well have convinced his political opponents that he’s, “bad, but not bad enough to have done that.”
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