Trump gained’t name witness in trial over E. Jean Carroll rape allegation, legal professionals say
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onald Trump’s legal professionals have stated they won’t name any witnesses in a civil trial over a author’s rape allegation.
The declare is being introduced by former recommendation columnist E Jean Carroll, who alleges that the previous president raped her within the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
Trump lawyer Joseph Tacopina stated they determined to not placed on a defence case after studying that well being points had been stopping their skilled witness, a psychiatrist, from giving proof.
Mr Tacopina had beforehand stated Mr Trump wouldn’t give proof on the trial in federal courtroom in Manhattan.
On Wednesday, jurors heard parts of the videotaped deposition he sat for within the case in October.
In one clip, Mr Trump referred to as Carroll’s allegations “ridiculous” and alleged it was “simply made up.”
Donald Trump pictured on a visit to Ireland (Cillian Sherlock/PA)
/ PA WireMs Carroll’s lawyers said they could finish presenting their case on Thursday.
They listed five remaining witnesses, including a former People magazine writer who claims Trump pinned her against a wall and forcibly kissed her at his Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida in 2005. He denies the allegation.
They also plan to play excerpts of a sworn deposition Mr Trump gave in connection with Ms Carroll’s lawsuit, as well as the 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which he boasted about grabbing women’s genitals.
Trump denies touching women against their will and has said Ms Carroll’s claims are politically motivated attempts to smear his reputation and deny him the White House.
The case is not being heard on Fridays, meaning jurors could hear closing arguments and start deliberating next week.
“I think you can reasonably expect to get the case early next week,” presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan advised jurors.
Ms Carroll first detailed the alleged rape in her 2019 memoir through which she stated an opportunity encounter with Trump in spring 1996 led to him attacking her in a dressing room of a division retailer.