Jury hears closing remarks in Donald Trump civil rape case

A lawyer for a writer accusing Donald Trump of rape successful a civilian proceedings urged a assemblage to clasp the ex-president liable for the alleged assault. 

"No one, not adjacent successful a erstwhile president is supra the law," said Ms Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, connected Monday.

In closing remarks successful New York, Mr Trump's ineligible squad accused E Jean Carroll of "bringing a mendacious claim".

Ms Carroll alleges Mr Trump raped her successful a New York section store successful the 1990s, which helium denies.

The nine-member assemblage is owed to statesman their deliberations connected Tuesday greeting successful the civilian rape and defamation proceedings against erstwhile president aft they person instructions from US District Judge Lewis Kaplan.

The assemblage has been proceeding arguments implicit the past 2 weeks successful a Manhattan national court.

In her closing arguments, Ms Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told the assemblage that Mr Trump was fundamentally "a witnesser against himself" owed to comments helium made successful an Access Hollywood video wherever helium said celebrated radical tin bash thing to women, including grabbing women by their genitals.

She besides said "self-blame" kept Ms Carroll from going to the constabulary for decades, thing Trump's lawyer person utilized against her successful his defence.

In the last parts of his remarks, which lasted implicit 2 hours, Mr Trump's lawyer Joe Tacopina sought to portion unneurotic his statement that Ms Carroll's allegation was a politically motivated crippled to instrumentality down Mr Trump.

The erstwhile president did not look astatine the proceedings successful idiosyncratic but alternatively was contiguous successful a video of an October deposition played for the court.

Ms Carroll, 79, has accused Mr Trump, 76, of attacking her successful the Bergdorf Goodman section store successful 1995 oregon 1996.

Jurors successful the two-week proceedings heard days of graphic testimony. Ms Carroll told jurors she was near "unable to ever person a romanticist beingness again" aft the alleged attack.

A erstwhile columnist for Elle magazine, Ms Carroll was capable to bring the civilian lawsuit against Mr Trump aft New York passed the Adult Survivors Act successful 2022.

The enactment allowed a one-year play for victims to record intersexual battle lawsuits successful the authorities implicit claims that would person usually exceeded statute limitations.