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Monday, May 8, 2023
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Monday, May 8, 2023
Trump civil rape trial hears closing arguments
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E. Jean Carroll arrives to federal court in New York, Monday, May 8, 2023. Former President Donald Trump has rejected his last chance to testify at a civil trial where the longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A lawyer for Donald Trump’s rape accuser urges a New York jury to find the ex-president liable for damages in closing arguments in a US civil trial.
“No one, not even a former president, is above the law,” E. Jean Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, tells the Manhattan federal court.
Carroll, 79, sued Trump last year alleging that he raped her in a New York department store in the mid-1990s.
The former columnist for Elle magazine also claims that Trump defamed her when he accused her of lying after she went public with the allegation in 2019.
Trump has not been criminally prosecuted and has repeatedly denied the allegations, often referring to Carroll as “not my type.”
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