American author Jean Carroll accused Donald Trump of sexual crimes in her testimony in the civil lawsuit against the former president.
“Trump raped me,” the 79-year-old said on Wednesday in New York of Trump’s alleged act at an upscale New York department store in the mid-1990s. told the jury how Trump first approached her and asked her for help with a gift for a friend.
As a result, he signaled her to go backstage with him. According to Carroll, he pressed against her there and penetrated the writer first with his fingers and then with his penis. Carroll went on to say that she ended up pushing Trump away and fleeing the department store. “I was ashamed, I thought it was my fault,” Carroll said, according to the New York Times. After the incident, she was unable to enter into romantic relationships.
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Real estate entrepreneur Trump, who was not yet a politician at the time, denied the allegation. The criminal claims were time-barred, but under civil law Carroll was free to sue. It is estimated that the trial – which began on Monday – could last a week. Trump himself has yet to appear.
Trump, 76, is being investigated for a range of possible crimes. He himself describes the police actions against him as politically motivated because he is running again as a Republican presidential candidate for the 2024 election.