A writer explained in graphic detail how Donald Trump allegedly raped her nearly 30 years ago, at a civil trial to determine whether the former US president assaulted her, and then lied about it.
“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he lied and said it didn’t happen,” E Jean Carroll said in federal court in Manhattan. “He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try and get my life back.”Carroll, 79, a formermagazine advice columnist, is seeking unspecified damages from Trump, 76, who leads the Republican field in the 2024 presidential campaign.
She is also suing under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which lets adults sue their alleged abusers long after statutes of limitations have run out. At Bergdorf, Carroll recalled that she was leaving the store when Trump recognised her and held up his hand. She stopped. She said Trump asked her to try on a piece of lingerie, prompting her to joke that he should try it on.
Asked by her lawyer if she told Trump “no,” Carroll said: “I don’t recall saying it. I may have said it.” He questioned how anyone could believe he -- “being very well known, to put it mildly!” -- could have raped Carroll.The posts led Kaplan to tell Trump’s legal team, outside the jury’s presence, that Trump appeared to be “endeavouring, certainly, to speak to his quote-unquote public” and to the jury about matters that have “no business being spoken about.”
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