E. Jean Carroll testifies against Donald Trump in rape trial

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involving former President Trump already underway Eugene Carroll claims Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store the day he took the stand in the civil

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. This says Trump has repeatedly denied allegations ABC's Morgan Norwood is following the late former President Donald Trump

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d her inside the dressing room of a Manhattan department store nearly 30 years ago, taking the witness stand today and the federal civil case in his against and Gene Carroll recounting the court date I'm here because Donald Trump raped me, the former advice columnist added when I wrote about If he said it didn't happen, he lied and destroyed my reputation.

Jurors were shown this photo of Trump. Carol and her then-husband Carol testifying that the photo is from her first meeting in 1987. Carol says that in the mid-1990s she ran into Trump. at the upscale store on Fifth Avenue near Goodman, she says he asked her for help selecting a gift and then claims he lunged at her in a dressing room. Carol told the jury today that my only reason for being alive at the time was to get out. from that room, Trump is also accused of defaming Carol by calling her accusations a hoax and a lie saying that this woman is not my type and a real social publication of 2022 and today his legal team rejects Carol's testimony saying that She can't tell him. the date she claims to have been raped, Carol's team tells the jury, while Miss Carol doesn't remember exactly when this happened, she remembers almost every detail of what happened and her testimony alone will be enough for you find Donald Trump responsible in this case.

The defense attorney described Carol's lawsuit as an affront to Justice and said that she is doing it for monetary political reasons and for status reasons as to whether the former president will testify in this trial. Well, we should find out this week. I'm Morgan Norwood ABC News New York