But Carroll, a writer and former advice columnist, rebuffed the suggestion that rape victims are supposed to act a certain way, saying such thinking deters women from coming forward.
Trump lawyer Joseph Tacopina suggested her claims strained credulity, contending that she only came forward in 2019 -- midway through Trump's presidency -- because of her disdain for his politics and because she wanted to sell copies of her book. On Wednesday, Trump launched a counterattack against the trial on social media, telling followers on his Truth Social platform that the case was "a made up SCAM" and alluding to a DNA issue that Judge Lewis A. Kaplan has barred from the trial.Consistent and unruffled in her second day of testimony, Carroll grew frustrated as Tacopina zeroed in on how she says she behaved during the alleged assault.
Seeking to make that point, Tacopina questioned Carroll about her testimony that she eventually fought Trump off while wearing 4-inch heels and without letting go of her purse. "I was trying to figure out what the hell was going on," Carroll testified as jurors listened attentively.Carroll said Trump yanked down her tights and raped her before she kneed him and fled. She said she would have kept the accusation secret forever if not for the #MeToo movement, which gained prominence in 2017.
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