E. Jean Carroll, a former columnist for Elle magazine, said she plans to sue former US President Donald Trump under a new New York law. She previously accused Trump of raping her in a department store dressing room. The New York law, called Adult Survivor’s Act, allows sexual assault victims to sue over attacks that happened decades ago.

A US judge was notified of the intent to sue in August earlier this year, however, the letter was entered into the public record Tuesday. The letter from lawyer Roberta Kaplan said Carroll also plans to depose Trump in the defamation case. 

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The deposition would have to occur by October 19, when discovery in the case must be completed for a planned February trial, news agency Associated Press reported. Trump’s attorney Alina Habba also objected to the possible lawsuit in a letter to the court.

Habba wrote that letting Carroll file the new claim now “would be extraordinarily prejudicial” to Trump, given the looming trial deadlines in the defamation case.

“To permit Plaintiff to drastically alter the scope and subject matter of this case at such time would severely prejudice Defendant’s rights. Therefore, Plaintiff’s request must be disregarded in its entirety,” Habba said, Associated Press reported.

A deposition would require Trump to answer questions from Carroll’s lawyers under oath about her allegations. Carroll’s legal team in February had said they were willing to skip a deposition in order to get the lawsuit to trial more quickly.

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Kaplan, in her letter to the court, said she now needed to question former US President Donald Trump because his lawyers had turned over so few documents relevant to the case.

In her letter to the court, Habba made no mention of the plans to depose Trump, but she did complain that Kaplan’s letter was “filled with misrepresentations and inflammatory statements.”