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Today was day two of the trial when the woman at the center of it would testify about what she claims happened to her back in 1995 or 1996. After being sworn in, E. Jean Carroll got right to the point:
“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me,” Carroll told the jury Wednesday. Referring to a book she wrote in which she detailed the alleged incident, she said: “And when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen. He lied and shattered my reputation. And I’m here to try to get my life back.”
Carroll then narrated the incident which she claims started with Trump recognizing her in a New York Department store.
Trump put up his hand as she was leaving the store in the “universal symbol” for her to stop. Carroll imitated the gesture on the witness stand and deepened her voice to recreate her account of Trump’s dialogue.
“Hey, you’re that advice lady,” Trump said, as she tells it.
Carroll said she replied: “Hey, you’re that real estate tycoon.”
Trump said he needed to buy a present for a woman and she suggested a couple of things.
Carroll said she suggested a handbag and then a hat for the woman Trump said he was buying for but he wasn’t interested.
“He picked up a fur hat and he was petting it like a cat or a dog. Then he said, ‘I know, lingerie,’” she said. “He led the way to the escalator.”
Carroll described Trump as very talkative, and herself as “absolutely enchanted”.
