Trump calls rape claim 'ridiculous' in video testimony at civil trial

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Here are the key takeaways from writer E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against former President Donald Trump over allegations he raped her in the mid-1990s. Lawyers for Carroll are expected to soon wrap up their case

May 3 - Donald Trump denied raping writer E. Jean Carroll in a deposition video played on Wednesday for a Manhattan federal jury, as the former U.S. president sought to defend himself in aTrump, front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in the October 2022 deposition that the alleged rape in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City decades ago didn’t happen.

Although the deposition footage was not released, portions of the transcript have been filed publicly. Carroll said during three days of testimony and pointed cross-examination that Trump slammed her against the wall in either 1995 or 1996, put his fingers into her vagina and then inserted his penis. The trial has also featured testimony from two women who say Trump sexually assaulted them decades ago.

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