NEW: Jury begins deliberations in E. Jean Carroll’s civil suit alleging former President Trump raped and defamed her.
began their deliberations shortly before noon ET after U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan instructed them on the law in the case.
Carroll, a longtime magazine advice columnist, alleged Trump attacked her in a department store dressing room near his home in Trump Tower on an unspecified date in 1995 or 1996. Trump attorney Joe Tacopina told the six man, three-woman jury in his closing argument that his client's statements weren't defamatory, but rather were the truth.Tacopina alleged Carroll was motivated by “political hatred” of the then-president when she went public with her claim in a book in 2019, and said that her “outrageous” story is “not worthy of your belief.”
The judge then gave him until Sunday at 5 p.m. to change his mind about testifying, a deadline that Trump let pass.social media account Tuesday morning to complain he was being silenced.
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