E. Jean Carroll arrives at Manhattan federal court, Monday, May 8, 2023, in New York. – Donald Trump should be held accountable for sexually attacking an advice columnist in 1996 because even a former president is not above the law, a lawyer for the columnist told a jury Monday in closing arguments in the lawsuit that accuses Trump of rape.
“This is an absolutely outrageous case,” he said, arguing that Carroll sued to raise her status and for political reasons. In a rebuttal argument, Carroll attorney Mike Ferrara mocked Trump's decision to skip the trial, saying jurors could use his absence to conclude that Trump committed the attack because Trump “never looked you in the eye and denied it.”
Trump has insisted in public statements and in the deposition that Carroll made up the claims to boost sales of a 2019 memoir. He has called Carroll “mentally sick" and a “disgrace.”“It was consistent, and it was powerful,” the lawyer said. Carroll said she was leaving the Bergdorf Goodman store through a revolving door in spring 1996 when Trump was entering the store and stopped her to help him shop for a gift for a woman.
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