NEW YORK – A New York jury found Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing and defaming an American former magazine columnist and ordered...
where he defended vulgar comments he made in a 2005 video. Trump was asked about the 2005 “Access Hollywood” video, where he said on a hot microphone that “when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything”. “Historically, that’s true, with stars... if you look over the last million years,” Trump, hunched over a conference table, said in the deposition played at trial.
- During closing arguments, Ms Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan – who is not related to Judge Kaplan – said testimony by two other women who allege Trump sexually assaulted them established a pattern of misconduct. Trump has denied those allegations also. “Three different women, decades apart, but one single pattern of behaviour,” Ms Kaplan said, arguing that Trump’s defence was asking jurors to believe the “ridiculous” claim that the other witnesses conspired to lie.
- Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina claimed during his closing argument that Ms Carroll’s lawsuit was a cash grab, publicity stunt and political mission rolled into one. “What E. Jean Carroll has done here is an affront to justice. She has abused this system by bringing a false claim for amongst other things money, status, political reasons,” Mr Tacopina said. - AFP
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