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Donald Trump appeared successful a New York City courtroom connected Friday to be the entreaty against the lawsuit that recovered him liable for sexually assaulting and defaming writer E Jean Carroll.
Trump and his lawyers sought to entreaty against the verdict and erase the lofty $5m (£3.8m) good that was delivered by a assemblage successful May 2023.
The lawsuit is 1 of 2 successful which helium was accused by Ms Carroll of intersexual battle and defamation - 2 juries unanimously recovered him liable successful some civilian cases.
The proceeding successful beforehand of a national appeals tribunal connected Friday resurfaced damaging allegations against Trump arsenic helium nears the last agelong of his US statesmanlike campaign.
The erstwhile president denied that helium had ever met Ms Carroll and repeated respective claims astir the lawsuit that had resulted successful his erstwhile defamation charges during a property league astatine Trump Tower successful New York soon aft Friday's hearing.
"It's an entreaty of a ridiculous verdict of a pistillate I've ne'er met," helium said.
"[The case] is truthful false. It's a made up fabricated communicative by idiosyncratic looking to beforehand a book," Trump said, referring to a memoir Ms Carroll published, which included her allegations against the erstwhile president.
On Friday, Trump's lawyers sought to entreaty the judgement successful the archetypal case, arguing earlier the tribunal that the allegations were "implausible" and that the grounds was "inflammatory" and "inadmissible".
John Sauer, who is representing Trump, said that Ms Carroll's squad had presented nary carnal grounds oregon oculus witnesses to enactment her accusations. He called the proceedings a "quintessential 'he said she said' case".
Mr Sauer besides sought to disqualify the grounds of 2 witnesses who claimed they were likewise assaulted by Trump.
Ms Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, opened her statement by drafting attraction backmost to the bosom of the case.
"Donald Trump sexually assaulted her successful 1996 successful a dressing country successful Bergdorf Goodman and past defamed her successful 2022 by claiming that she was brainsick and made the full happening up," she said.
Ms Kaplan besides defended the grounds of the 2 witnesses and said they were cardinal to establishing a signifier of behaviour that supported Ms Carroll's allegations.
Trump blamed his lawyers for the jury's verdict successful this case, arsenic they had advised him to debar appearing successful court. He has regularly attended tribunal cases involving him since.
He attended and concisely testified astatine the 2nd trial, which resulted successful an further $83m judgement against him.
The proceeding is conscionable 1 of aggregate ineligible hurdles that Trump faces, and helium complained astir respective of them during his property league astatine Friday.
He awaits sentencing successful a Manhattan transgression proceedings aft helium was convicted of falsifying concern records to screen up hush-money payments to an big movie star.
The justice successful that case, Juan Merchan, is expected to marque his determination connected Friday whether to hold the sentencing until aft the election.
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