Leeds first went public with her account of the alleged airplane assault in the final weeks of Trump’s 2016 campaign, telling jurors that she decided to do so because she was “furious” about Trump’s claim at a debate that he had never touched women against their will.Ĭarroll, a former magazine advice columnist, publicly aired her allegations against Trump in 2019, when she published a memoir. Trump used similar language in denying Leeds’ allegations, telling supporters at a 2016 rally, “Believe me, she would not be my first choice.”
He has said Carroll lied to sell books and that she’s not his “type.” He contends the allegations are politically motivated attempts to smear his reputation and deny him the White House. Trump, a Republican, has repeatedly denied the women’s claims. Another woman is expected to testify at the trial that she too was victimized by Trump. It was like a tussling match between the two of us.”Ĭarroll’s lawyers called Leeds to the witness stand in an attempt to show that Trump has a history of assaulting women and that Carroll’s claims were part of a pattern, not a one-off incident. “He was trying to kiss me, trying to pull me towards him. After a few seconds, she said, she wriggled free of Trump, told him “I don’t need this” and stormed to the back of the plane. Jessica Leeds, 81, of Asheville, North Carolina, told jurors at a civil trial arising from Carroll’s lawsuit that Trump grabbed her chest and ran his hand up her skirt as they sat side by side in first class on a New York City-bound jet. Trump has given sworn deposition testimony, and excerpts could be played for the jury. Meanwhile, Trump’s lawyer said the former president has decided against testifying, answering the biggest outstanding question about the closely watched case. Jean Carroll says the former president sexually assaulted her at a Manhattan department store. NEW YORK (AP) - A woman testified Tuesday that Donald Trump molested her with what seemed like “40 zillion hands” on an airline flight in the late 1970s - years before writer E.
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