Lisa Birnbach testifies that Carroll called her and described the incident in 1996, and that she told her friend ‘E Jean, he raped you’
has told a New York jury she received a distressed call from the advice columnist within minutes of Donald Trump allegedly raping her.against the former president on Tuesday that she was feeding her children at home when Carroll called “breathless, hyperventilating, emotional” in spring 1996.The magazine writer and editor describedgiving a brief description of meeting Trump at the entrance to the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman and how they decided to shop together.
Carroll, 79, is suing Trump for battery, and for defamation for calling her a liar after she went public about the alleged assault in 2019. The court also heard dramatic testimony from a businesswoman, Jessica Leeds, who said Trump grabbed her breast and attempted to put his hand up her skirt on a flight in 1979.