![]() ![]() “If there’s no rape, there’s no defamation. Trump’s lawyer told jurors not be confused by the verdict form when they see it. Tacopina said Trump did not defame Carroll when he denied her false accusations on social media. ![]() There’s no witness for us to call because he was not there, it didn’t happen.” “How do you prove a negative?” Tacopina asked. ![]() Tacopina stressed that the former president did not need to appear in court to testify in his own defense. This shows, Kaplan said, that Carroll “was exactly his type.” He didn’t even bother to show up here in person,” Kaplan said.Ĭarroll’s attorney showed clips of Trump’s video deposition taken last October including a moment where Trump mistook Carroll for his ex-wife. Roberta Kaplan pointed out that Trump didn’t attend the trial, even though clips from his deposition were shown. Trump did not put on a defense and ultimately opted not to testify, as is his right. ![]() Carroll’s legal team put on 11 witnesses in her case, including the writer herself, over seven trial days. Trump has denied all wrongdoing.ĭistrict Judge Lewis Kaplan (no relation to Roberta Kaplan) is expected to instruct and charge the jury to begin deliberations on Tuesday.Īttorneys for Carroll and Trump rested their respective cases last Thursday. Carroll, a former magazine columnist, alleges Trump raped her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in the spring of 1996 and then defamed her when he denied her claim, said she wasn’t his type and suggested she made up the story to boost sales of her book. ![]()
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