A US journalist, author and columnist Jean Carroll has accused former United States President, Donald Trump of raping her in a luxury department store. She made the stirring revelation during a court hearing against the 45th president of the United States.
“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he denied it,” Carroll told the judges as reported by PressWire18. She continued, “They lied and ruined my reputation. I have come here to fight the case and get back my reputation and life.”
However, following Carroll’s testimony about her alleged rape in 1996, Trump shut down the allegation and labelled it as a matter of “fake and false story” via his social media platform ‘Truth Social’.
In view of Trump’s comments, the judge warned his lawyer that overruling the court could increase the former President’s legal troubles.
Narrating her ordeal, Carroll told the court that she met Trump at Bergdorf Goodman on a Thursday evening in 1996, where Trump asked her for help buying women’s lingerie and then raped her in the changing room.
During her appearance in the court, Carroll also shared that for decades she did not tell anyone except two of her friends because she feared Trump would get back at her and “thought it was my fault”.
Carroll said she was also afraid that people would blame her for what happened to her. After the ‘Me Too’ campaign, she decided to tell people about her ordeal. Trump has vehemently denied these allegations.
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