Federal court trial will determine financial penalties against former US president over denials of her rape allegation against him
E Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump resumes Thursday with her continued cross-examination.
Carroll took the stand on Wednesday in the Manhattan federal court trial, which will determine financial penalties against the former US president over his denials of her rape allegation against him in 2019.
“I’m here because Donald Trump assaulted me, and when I wrote about it, he said it never happened,” Carroll told jurors. “He lied, and it shattered my reputation.”
Trump was present for Carroll’s testimony and his lacking courtroom decorum quickly drew the attention of her team – and prompted a stern warning from the judge, Lewis Kaplan.
“Mr Trump has been sitting at the back table and has been loudly saying things throughout Ms Carroll’s testimony,” Shawn Crowley, one of Carroll’s attorneys, said.
“It’s loud enough for us to hear it,” Crowley stated, so “I imagine it’s loud enough for the jury to hear it.
