Carroll sued Trump in 2019 after he told the Hill that Carroll was totally lying, that she's not his type and it never happened. The case has taken this long to get to trial because of a procedural back and forth over whether Trump was acting as an employee of the federal government when he made those claims. She says the incident happened in the mid 90s, but critics point out that she didn't say anything about it until 2019. But in Carroll's favor is a deep hatred for Trump in New York, especially in New York City.