Lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial urges jury to hold the ex-president liable
A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape in a civil trial has urged the jury to hold the ex-president liable.
Meanwhile, in their closing remarks in New York, Trump’s legal team accused E. Jean Carroll of “bringing a false claim”.
Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a department store in the mid-1990s. These are claims which Trump staunchly denies.
The nine member jury will begin deliberations on Tuesday morning in the civil rape and defamation trial against the former president.
The jury has been hearing arguments over the last two weeks in a Manhattan federal court.
In their closing arguments, Carroll’s attorneys also focused on previous remarks Trump has made about women.
They pointed to Trump’s controversial remarks in a 2005 Access Hollywood tape, which emerged publicly in 2016.
Referencing the comments, the lawyers said: “He kissed [women] without consent, he grabbed them, he did not wait.”
