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Trump won't testify in E. Jean Carroll civil rape defamation trial, his lawyer says

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Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a New York City department store in the 1990s and then defamed her when she took her story public years later.

in the trial, which centers on her allegations that Trump raped her in a New York City department store in the 1990s and then defamed her when she took her story public years later.

Under lengthy cross-examination from Tacopina, Carroll responded to questions about her decision not to call the police after the alleged assault and her subsequent praise of Trump's former reality show, "The Apprentice." On Tuesday, Carroll's longtime friend Lisa Birnbach testified that Carroll had called her just "minutes" after she was allegedly assaulted in a dressing room at Bergdorf Goodman.. "She said, 'No, no. I don't want to go to the police.'"Another witness, Jessica Leeds, alleged in testimony Tuesday that Trump had groped her on an airplane in the 1970s. Trump has denied Leeds' claim.

 

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