Former Bergdorf Goodman Women’s Store Manager Cheryl Beall answers questions next to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan as former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll watches, during a civil trial to decide whether former U.S. President Donald Trump raped Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and defamed her by denying it happened, in New York, U.S., April 26, 2023 in this courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Jane Rosenberg
A writer explained in graphic detail on Wednesday how Donald Trump allegedly raped her nearly 30 years ago, at a civil trial to determine whether the former U.S. president assaulted her and then lied about it.
"I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he lied and said it didn't happen," E. Jean Carroll told jurors in federal court in Manhattan. "He lied and shattered my reputation, and I'm here to try and get my life back."
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