--- title: Carroll Says She Wouldn't Press Rape Charges Against Trump description: E. Jean Carroll has said that she would not press rape charges against President Donald Trump for an alleged assault in the 1990s. canonical: https://time.com/5612760/e-jean-caroll-rape-trump-book/ author: Tara Law article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-22T18:21:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T23:49:34.188Z article:section: Politics og:title: E. Jean Carroll Says She Would Not Consider Bringing Rape Charges Against President Trump og:description: Carroll has alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s og:url: https://time.com/5612760/e-jean-caroll-rape-trump-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte47b0bc82e2d257c/6989fef397cdff76536b924a/e.-jean-carroll.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: E. Jean Carroll at her home og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: E. Jean Carroll Says She Would Not Consider Bringing Rape Charges Against President Trump twitter:description: Carroll has alleged that Trump sexually assaulted her in the 1990s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte47b0bc82e2d257c/6989fef397cdff76536b924a/e.-jean-carroll.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # E. Jean Carroll Says She Would Not Consider Bringing Rape Charges Against President Trump ## Video: TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8) (5:02)  _Published 2017-12-06. For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Jun 22, 2019 6:21 PM UTC  E. Jean Carroll at her home in Warwick, NY on June 21. E. Jean Carroll at her home in Warwick, NY on June 21.Eva Deitch—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Tara Law](https://time.com/author/tara-law/)  ## Tara Law Jun 22, 2019 6:21 PM UTC Renowned advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has said that she would not press rape charges against President Donald Trump for an alleged assault in the 1990s. In an [excerpt](http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/president-donald-trump-faces-new-rape-accusation.html) released Friday from her forthcoming book, _What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal,_ Carroll writes that Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in late 1995 or early 1996_._ Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by at least [18 other women](https://time.com/5058646/donald-trump-accusers/), has [denied](https://time.com/5612502/trump-jean-carroll-sexual-assault-allegation/) Carroll’s accusations and claims that he never met her. [MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell interviewed](https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/exclusive-with-new-trump-assault-accuser-62458949970?cid=sm%5Fnpd%5Fms%5Ftw%5Fma) Carroll on Friday and noted that New York does not have a statute of limitations for rape. But when asked if she would consider bringing rape charges against Trump, Carroll gave a flat “No.” Carroll explained that she feels as if it would “just be disrespectful” for her to make sexual assault about herself when it happens to women around the world. “I would find it disrespectful to the women who are down on the border who are being raped around the clock, down there without any protection,” said Carroll. “They’re young women… It would just be disrespectful if I – you know – and mine was three minutes. I’m a mature woman. I can handle it. I can keep going. My life has gone on. I’m a happy woman.” Carroll admitted that she still struggles with a feeling of responsibility for the assault. “I still can’t kick the feeling that it was my fault. I can’t. 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