A New York jury has ruled that Former President Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll. jekearsley 9News READ MORE:
liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her US$5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House.
Trump's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, shook hands with Carroll and hugged her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan. As the courtroom cleared, Carroll could be heard laughing and crying. Trump, 76, denied it, saying he never encountered Carroll at the store and didn't know her. He has called her a "nut job" who invented "a fraudulent and false story" to sell a memoir.
The six-man, three-woman jury also saw the well-known 2005 "Access Hollywood" hot mic recording of Trump talking about kissing and grabbing women without asking. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, cited excerpts from Trump's October deposition and his notorious comments on a 2005 "Access Hollywood" video in which he said celebrities can grab women between the legs without asking.She urged jurors to believe her client.
Carroll testified that she had a chance encounter with Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman store across the street from Trump Tower. She said it was a lighthearted interaction in which they teased each other about trying on a piece of lingerie before Trump became violent inside a dressing room.
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