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☆ Opinion | Nervous? Maybe This Pre-Election Quiz Will Calm You Down.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-23 | by ( Gail Collins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Amid an attempt to appeal a sexual abuse verdict against him, Trump tried to brush away previous claims of his bad behavior with women. One of them came from Jessica Leeds, who’d said she was sitting next to Trump in a plane’s first-class section back in the 1970s, but had to move to the back of the aircraft after he allegedly groped her. Revisiting the issue recently, Trump said:

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☆ Trump airplane-assault accuser Jessica Leeds calls him a 'sexual predator' and says she's deciding whether to sue
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAt a press conference at Trump Tower in Manhattan on Friday, former President Donald Trump wanted the world to know he would never have sexually assaulted Jessica Leeds. "She would not have been the chosen one," he told reporters, implying her appearance wasn't up to his standards. On Monday, Leeds held a press conference of her own to confront him on that insult. With Trump Tower as her backdrop, she called the GOP presidential candidate "a sexual predator" and said she is deciding whether to sue him. Jessica Leeds speaks during a press conference outside Trump Tower.

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☆ Jessica Leeds: Trump accuser said she ‘laughed out loud’ when she heard him again deny her assault allegation
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Jack Forrest | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jessica Leeds, who previously accused Donald Trump of sexual assault and was a trial witness in a high-profile case against the former president, said Monday that she “laughed out loud” when she heard he recently disputed her allegation and said she “would not have been the chosen one.”“I laughed out loud. She said she was seated in first class on an airplane next to Trump in the 1970s when he suddenly began groping her. Leeds said she fought off Trump and moved to the back of the airplane. Earlier this year a separate jury found Trump defamed Carroll when in 2022 he repeated several of the statements he initially made in 2019. Her attorneys argued to the jury that the only way to stop Trump from repeating the statements was to hit him in his pocketbook.

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☆ Trump's lawyers say an accuser's sexual-assault testimony should have been tossed because the incident was aboard an airplane
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Leeds' allegations weren't part of Carroll's accusations, but the trial judge allowed her testimony because they demonstrated what Carroll's lawyers argued was a pattern of behavior by Trump. "It's very hard to overturn a jury verdict for evidentiary grounds," he said. Sauer argued that Trump's case was "a textbook example" of a case wrongly propped up by propensity evidence rather than Trump's actual conduct. LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty ImagesShe also jabbed at Habba's earlier claims that she might have some kind of conflict of interest with the trial judge, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan. Presidential immunity played a role in earlier court fights in the Carroll case.

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☆ Trump will mimic Harvey Weinstein's successful appeal to fight his own sexual-assault verdict Friday. It won't be as easy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-05 | by ( Laura Italiano | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The judge who oversaw the trial later said: "Trump 'raped' her as many people commonly understand the word 'rape.'" AdvertisementBut the lawyers who won Weinstein's appeal told Business Insider that what worked for their client probably wouldn't work for Trump. In the May 2023 verdict, the jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. In the second trial, earlier this year, a separate jury said Trump owed Carroll an additional $83 million in defamation damages. AdvertisementInstead, it needed to find it was "more probable than not" that Trump sexually assaulted Carroll, a standard far more common in civil cases.

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☆ JD Vance repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Em Steck | Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, repeatedly indicated in 2016 that he believed Donald Trump had committed sexual assault, even suggesting in one TV segment that in a “he said, she said” situation Trump was less credible than one of his accusers. And at the end of the day, do you believe Donald Trump, who always tells the truth? Vance then suggested that the lawsuit, and the people funding it, was not about justice but about politics. They don’t reflect his views on President Trump today and haven’t for many years.”Trump has repeatedly denied claims of sexual assault. Repeatedly indicated he thought Trump committed sexual assaultVance’s defense of Trump marked a striking shift from his remarks in 2016 in the wake of the leak of the “Access Hollywood” tape, which showed the Republican presidential candidate making lewd and sexually aggressive remarks about women.

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☆ Jury awards E. Jean Carroll $83 million verdict from Donald Trump defaming her
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewA federal jury has agreed Friday that Donald Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her. The unanimous jury verdict in Manhattan comes as Trump remains the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination for a likely rematch with President Joe Biden in November. "We're very happy," Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, told Business Insider soon after the verdict was read. Judge Kaplan forbade Trump or his attorneys from arguing that he didn't sexually assault Carroll. In his jury instructions, Judge Kaplan reminded the nine New Yorkers sitting there that they must accept Trump's sexual assault as an already-established fact.

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A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 said Saturday that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury considering defamation damages. Trump attended the trial for two of its first three days, only skipping it on Thursday, when he attended the funeral of his mother-in-law in Florida. Both women testified at the trial that ended last May. Trump, 77, has denied her claims in the last week during campaign stops, on social media and at a news conference. However, Kaplan said she does plan to show the jury statements Trump has made since her client finished testifying in the case on Thursday.

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Experts say Trudeau's carbon pricing scheme, known as the carbon tax, works well and cannot be easily replaced. Even the left-leaning New Democrats, who support Trudeau's government in parliament and have previously defended the carbon tax, are calling for the exemption. Analysts said the carbon tax carve-out is another example of inconsistent policy. CARBON TAX REBATEThe carbon tax is intended to discourage use of fossil fuels and accelerate a switch to clean energy, but the recent carve-out underlines how fragile climate policy is in the face of pressing political calculations. In September, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said the carbon tax contributes about 0.15 percentage points to the inflation rate, which was 3.8% that month.

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☆ Can ‘Miss Saigon’ Be Saved? Two British Shows Disagree.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Houman Barekat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Miss Saigon” is back and so, inevitably, is the surrounding discourse. Claude-Michel Schönberg’s musical melodrama about an ill-fated romance between a Vietnamese sex worker and an American G.I. So not everyone was pleased when the Crucible Theater in Sheffield, England, announced it would stage a new production of “Miss Saigon” this summer. Chris (a compellingly lugubrious Christian Maynard) meets Kim (Jessica Lee) in a brothel and they fall in love, but their affair ends abruptly when the Americans withdraw from Saigon. Three years later, Chris, now married to an American woman, learns that he has a young son by Kim.

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☆ Trump hush-money prosecutors say the Access Hollywood tape will feature 'prominently' in their case
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In the deposition, Trump describes the Access Hollywood tape dropping just days before the 2016 election. Prosecutors say the tape "features prominently" in their case, which alleges that Trump falsified business documents to hide a $130,000 payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Trump's deposition in the Carroll case fills 209 pages of transcript, only 98 pages of which have been made public. "For example, defendant testified during his deposition about his statements captured on what is known as the Access Hollywood tape," the filing says. "The Access Hollywood tape, released publicly in October 2016 during the course of defendant's campaign for President, features prominently in the People's case," the filing says.

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NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided on Tuesday. Its six men and three women awarded Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages, but Trump will not have to pay so long as the case is on appeal. Trump has cited the Carroll trial in campaign fundraising emails as evidence of what he portrays as a Democratic plot. TRUMP MISTAKES CARROLL FOR EX-WIFECarroll testified that she bumped into Trump at Bergdorf's and agreed to help him pick out a gift for another woman. Jurors were tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, and were separately asked if Trump defamed Carroll.

The jury deliberated for just under three hours before rejecting Trump's denial that he assaulted Carroll. Trump has cited the Carroll trial in campaign fundraising emails as evidence of what he portrays as a Democratic plot to damage him politically. Jurors were tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, any one of which would satisfy her claim of battery. Kaplan, Carroll's lawyer, told jurors during closing arguments on Monday that the 2005 video was proof that Trump had assaulted Carroll and other women. Previously Trump had said he could not have raped Carroll because she was "not my type."

Jurors were tasked with deciding whether Trump raped, sexually abused or forcibly touched Carroll, any one of which would satisfy her claim of battery. The trial featured testimony from two women who said Trump sexually assaulted them decades ago. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, told jurors during closing arguments on Monday that the 2005 video was proof that Trump had assaulted Carroll and other women. Carroll testified that she bumped into Trump at Bergdorf's while he was shopping for a gift for another woman. Trump has cited the Carroll trial in campaign fundraising emails as evidence of what he portrays as a Democratic plot to damage him politically.

☆ What E. Jean Carroll had to prove to win her case against Donald Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Carroll receiving a monetary award from this trial hinged on whether the jury unanimously believed her claims against Trump. “For E. Jean Carroll this lawsuit is not about the money,” attorney Roberta Kaplan said during closing arguments on Monday. Trump appears the most agitated on the video when he denies Carroll’s rape allegation. Two friends that Carroll testified she told soon after the alleged rape testified about their recollection of Carroll’s account in 1996. Tacopina in his closing argument Monday also accused Carroll of fabricating her rape allegations to sell her book.

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump liable for the sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll. "They're trying to take parts of Donald Trump you dislike and stretch it over Ms. Carroll's story," Tacopina said. Carroll's lawyers, for their part, said their willingness to bring the case to court only made them more believable. "There wasn't even a 'he said,' because Donald Trump never even looked you in the eye and said she was a liar," Ferrara said. "You heard from Donald Trump himself — this is just how he treats women," Ferrara said.

☆ Trump's rape trial defense? His accuser and her friends have Trump Derangement Syndrome
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Donald Trump's lawyers have tried to undermine E. Jean Carroll, who accuses him of rape. Just moments later, Trump's lawyers rested their case as well, without presenting any evidence. Carroll and her friends, Trump's lawyers suggest, all have Trump Derangement Syndrome. According to Trump's lawyers, the whole lawsuit is a conspiracy schemed up by ardent Trump critic George Conway. AP Photo/John MinchilloTrump's attorney pointed out that Birnbach had said Trump and his allies had symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

☆ Video of Trump’s deposition in E. Jean Carroll trial released to the public
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The video deposition of Donald Trump played before the jury in the E. Jean Carroll civil battery and defamation trial was made public Friday, showing the former president discussing the accusations against him, the “Access Hollywood” tape and the Russia “hoax.”The edited deposition runs for nearly an hour. In the video, Trump confirms that he made the allegedly defamatory statements denying knowing Carroll, calling her allegations that he raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman’s dressing room in the mid-1990s a “hoax,” and saying she is not his type. And many times during the deposition, he calls Carroll a series of names, including “nut job,” a “whack job” and “mentally sick.”Trump also mistakes Carroll in a black-and-white photo for his second wife, Marla Maples. In addition, Trump reacts to allegations from two other women – Jessica Leeds and Natasha Stoynoff. And, Trump rattles off a list of what he deems as hoaxes, including, “Russia, Russia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine.”

☆ Why E. Jean Carroll Will Always Tell You She Is ‘Fine, Fabulous’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Taking the witness stand, she recalled that Ms. Carroll had phoned her immediately after the alleged incident with Mr. Trump “breathless, hyperventilating, emotional,” but that the subject did not come up between them again for another quarter century. Carroll is a very up person; she is not a victim,” Ms. Birnbach said. In the mid-1990s, decades after the sexual revolution, nearing the declining days of the AIDS crisis and the heyday of elite media, New York seemed to belong to women like E. Jean Carroll. A pair of big media personalities — Ms. Carroll was a well-known advice columnist by then — meeting so unexpectedly to do something vaguely conspiratorial. At the outset, the story seemed so paradigmatically “New York,” Ms. Carroll explained in her testimony.

☆ E. Jean Carroll rests case in civil trial after jurors see video of Trump confusing her with his ex-wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Adam Reiss | Dareh Gregorian | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll rested her civil case against Donald Trump on Thursday, shortly after jurors were shown a deposition video of the former president confusing the accuser with his ex-wife Marla Maples. "It's Marla," Trump said during a deposition for the case when shown a picture of him, Carroll and Carroll's ex-husband in the 1980s. The end of Carroll's case potentially paves the way for the trial to move to closing arguments on Monday. Asked if he was going to the trial, he said, "I'll probably attend," according to a Sky News video of his remarks. In the deposition, Trump also mocked two other women who've accused him of sexual misconduct: Jessica Leeds, a retired stockbroker, and Natasha Stoynoff, a former People magazine reporter.

[1/5] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Russell CheyneMay 3 (Reuters) - Donald Trump denied raping writer E. Jean Carroll in a deposition video played on Wednesday for a Manhattan federal jury, as the former U.S. president sought to defend himself in a civil trial without testifying in person. “It’s the most ridiculous, disgusting story,” Trump said in the video, hunched over a conference table as Carroll’s lawyers presented documents to him. "I hear we're doing very well in New York," Trump said on Wednesday when asked why he was not in court. The trial has also featured testimony from two women who say Trump sexually assaulted them decades ago.

[1/3] Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump reacts after arriving at Aberdeen International Airport in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain May 1, 2023. Trump, front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in the October 2022 deposition that the alleged rape in the dressing room of the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City decades ago didn’t happen. “It’s the most ridiculous, disgusting story,” Trump said in the video, hunched over a conference table as Carroll’s lawyers presented documents to him. The trial has also featured testimony from two women who say Trump sexually assaulted them decades ago. Another woman, Jessica Leeds, testified on Tuesday that Trump kissed her, groped her and put his hand up her skirt on a flight in 1979.

☆ A woman has accused Trump of groping her on a flight: 'Like he had 40 zillion hands'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jessica Leeds, 81, said Trump molested her on a flight with what seemed like "40 zillion hands." Leeds testified that a flight attendant invited her to sit in a first-class seat next to Trump. Leeds accused Trump of trying to put his hand up her skirt, after which she "managed to wriggle out" and went back to her seat. Leeds, a retired stockbroker, is one of the 26 women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct since the 1970s, including his ex-wife Ivana Trump. On April 4, in a Manhattan courtroom, Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 low-level felony charges of falsifying business records.

REUTERS/Jane RosenbergMay 2 (Reuters) - A friend of E. Jean Carroll on Tuesday backed up the writer’s account of being raped by Donald Trump, testifying during a civil trial that she received a phone call about the alleged attack minutes after it occurred. Birnbach, author of many books including "The Official Preppy Handbook,” said Carroll told her Trump slammed her into the wall, pulled down her tights and “penetrated her with his penis.”“I whispered, E. Jean, he raped you. Carroll told jurors last week that Trump put his fingers into her vagina, which she called "extremely painful," and then inserted his penis. Birnbach testified that Carroll refused to go to the police after the alleged rape and asked her to never tell anyone about the incident. Reporting by Jack Queen in New York; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Howard GollerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Trump won't testify in E. Jean Carroll civil rape defamation trial, his lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks his plane "Trump Force One" at Aberdeen Airport on May 1, 2023 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Donald Trump will not testify in the civil trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses the former president of rape and defamation, his attorney Joe Tacopina told a federal judge Tuesday, according to NBC News. Trump's attendance in the trial, which began last week, was previously an open question. Tacopina had told Judge Lewis Kaplan that Trump would decide on his plans "during the court of the trial." Another witness, Jessica Leeds, alleged in testimony Tuesday that Trump had groped her on an airplane in the 1970s.

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