E. Jean Carroll says Elle declined to renew her contract for her column because of Trump’s comments
That woman, E. Jean Carroll, who was an advice columnist for Elle magazine, doubled down on that allegation in a tweet, saying that Trump was directly to blame for her “firing” from Elle.
“Because Trump ridiculed my reputation, laughed at my looks, & dragged me through the mud, after 26 years, ELLE fired me,” Carroll said in her tweet. “I don’t blame Elle. It was the great honor of my life writing ‘Ask E. Jean.’ I blame @realdonaldtrump.”
In an argument against Trump’s efforts to delay her suit, Carroll’s lawyers said in Tuesday’s filing that the loss of her Elle contract is proof “staying this case would expose Carroll to ongoing harms.”
Carroll’s lawyers included an exhibit in their filing featuring a screenshot of an email confirming the termination of her contract.
CNN has reached out to Elle magazine and its parent company Hearst for comment. When CNN Business reached out to White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham for comment, she said, “Seems to me you’d need to ask her employer why they decided to sever ties.”
In the excerpt, Carroll claims that she encountered “one of New York’s most famous men” in the fall of 1995 or spring 1996 at Bergdorf Goodman, where, she says, he attacked her in one of the dressing rooms after pressing her to try on lingerie. She said Trump pushed her against the dressing room wall, where he “unzips his pants, and, forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.” She says she fought against Trump.
