Trump Will Not Mount a Defense in E. Jean Carroll Rape Case

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‘E. Jean he raped you. You should go to the police,' Carroll's friend Lisa Birnbach testified this week at the federal trial, which will soon go to jury.

Carroll would not go to the police and would not even tell more than a few friends until her memoir,, was published in 2019. Carroll filed the lawsuit last November, after New York state enacted the Adult Survivors Act, a law opening a one-year lookback period for abuse survivors to sue their abusers, even if the statute of limitations had passed for criminal charges.

“Because I was flirting with him and laughing and having one of the great times. It was high comedy. It was funny,” Carroll said.In cross-examination by Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina, Carroll was asked a number of questions about why she didn’t fight back—so much so that eventually, per theTacopina said he wasn’t berating her, but Carroll remained steadfast.

 

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