New Firepower in Shocking Suit Against Trump | Law.com http://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2016/10/10/new-firepower-in-shocking-suit-against-tr... Page 1 of 3 10/11/2016 NOT FOR REPRINT Click to Print or Select 'Print' in your browser menu to print this document. Page printed from: /sites/almstaff/2016/10/10/new-firepower-in-shocking-suit-against-trump/ New Firepower in Shocking Suit Against Trump By Jenna Greene Published: Oct 10, 2016 Donald Trump, left, and J. Cheney Mason, right. Photos: lev radin/Shutterstock.com and Rick Runion/AP If you thought the presidential election couldn’t get any uglier, guess again. Because a suit against Donald Trump alleging that he raped a 13-year-old girl has new life. On Monday, Florida criminal defense lawyer J. Cheney Mason—best known for successfully defending Casey Anthony, who was charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter—filed court papers to represent “Jane Doe” in a suit against Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. New Firepower in Shocking Suit Against Trump | Law.com http://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2016/10/10/new-firepower-in-shocking-suit-against-tr... Page 2 of 3 10/11/2016 The rape suit isn’t exactly new. It was filed pro se by “Katie Johnson” in Los Angeles federal court in April, dismissed, refiled in the Southern District of New York, withdrawn and refiled on Sept. 30. But with the addition of Mason—a media-savvy lawyer not known for shying away from the spotlight—the stakes have changed. Suddenly, it’s a lot more serious. Which is not the same as legitimate, but the odds that the case will go away quietly are much slimmer given the firepower of her new counsel. Especially now, in the wake of a 2005 recording where Trump bragged about using his star power to kiss and grope women. The allegations in the suit are truly awful. Jane Doe says that when she was 13, she attended parties at Epstein’s New York City townhouse, enticed by promises of money and a modeling career. She allegedly had sexual encount