Trump acting in bad faith in legal case brought by rape accuser – judge

Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of raping her (Seth Wenig/AP)

Former president Donald Trump’s legal moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser’s defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and, so far, succeeding, a judge said in a decision released as he rejected an attempt by Mr Trump to counter-sue.

Jean Carroll’s single claim of defamation “could have been tried and decided — one way or the other — long ago,” US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said.