E. Jean Carroll, who filed a defamation suit against Trump, is pressed in cross-examination about why she did not come forward sooner about the alleged assault.
The third day of trial in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation and battery lawsuit against former President Donald Trump saw several heated moments as Carroll faced cross- examination in front of a New York jury.
Trump has repeatedly denied the assault accusations, claiming that Carroll was “totally lying” about the entire encounter and argued that the allegations couldn’t be true because she isn’t the former president’s “type.”
Carroll on Thursday was cross-examined by Trump’s legal team, which focused on the writer’s inconsistencies in her account. While facing questioning from Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina, Carroll was also pressed on why she didn’t come forward sooner, pointing to her previous testimony that her friend and former news anchor, Carol Martin, encouraged her not to tell anyone about the alleged assault.
