“Donald Trump Raped Me”: US Writer Testifies Before Jury

Jean Carroll (79), the New York author who claims Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s testified in graphic detail about the alleged sexual assault before the jury.

She claimed that she preferred to remain silent for long about the incident out of fear that Trump would destroy her if she went public. On Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, she testified that she filed the suit to set the record straight.

“I am here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it he said it didn’t happen,” she said. “He shattered my reputation and I’m trying to get my life back.”

The jury of six men and three women will decide if Trump, 76, is liable for sexually assaulting Carroll more than two decades ago and defaming her last year by claiming on social media that she fabricated the attack to sell a book.

Carroll testified that she and Trump stumbled upon each other at the luxury department store during shopping. At his request, she agreed to help him pick out a gift for a woman. After some time, the former President of the US allegedly raped her in a dressing room of the department store. She fought back tears as she described the guilt she felt over why she went into the dressing room with Trump.