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Trump's attorney just blew Carroll rape case: top sexual assault lawyer

Headline from Newsweek, on the newest of 3 developments

During the defense's cross-examination of E. Jean Carroll, Trump's attorney asked the writer why she "did not scream" when she was "supposedly raped."

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  1. Trial opens in E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit against Trump

    Headline from The Buffalo News ·

  2. Trump lawyer questions E. Jean Carroll at rape lawsuit trial

    Headline from WSVN Miami ·

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    Trump's attorney just blew Carroll rape case: top sexual assault lawyer

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  1. Vox

    The E. Jean Carroll lawsuit and rape allegations against Trump, explained (opens Vox)

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    Vox's feed description

    The case could send a big message about the long history of sexual misconduct allegations against Trump.

  2. Insider

    Trump's rape trial brought by E. Jean Carroll starts Tuesday in Manhattan. The case centers around accusations from the 1990s (opens Insider)

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    Trump denied E. Jean Carroll's rape accusations to the press, saying the Elle columnist fabricated the claims for her memoir. She sued for defamation.

  3. CBS News

    E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Trump for defamation, battery set for trial on Tuesday (opens CBS News)

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    Carroll says Trump raped her in the mid-1990s and defamed her when she went public with the story in 2019.

  4. Forbes

    Trump Rape Trial Begins Tuesday—Here’s What To Know (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Writer E. Jean Carroll has filed two lawsuits against the former president related to her claims he raped her in a department store in the 1990s.

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    Trial Set to Begin in E. Jean Carroll's Rape Lawsuit Against Trump. What to Know (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Jurors are about to be chosen to hear former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.

  6. Deseret News

    Civil trial begins against Trump over alleged rape (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Writer E. Jean Carroll is suing the former president over allegations that he raped her in the 1990s

  7. New York Post

    E. Jean Carroll will testify that Trump ‘slammed’ her against a wall before alleged sexual assault (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Donald Trump “slammed” Carroll against a wall before raping her — and decades later tried to “destroy” her when she came forward, her lawyers claimed.

  8. New York Post

    E. Jean Carroll arrives for trial start of civil rape case against Donald Trump (opens New York Post)

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    Writer E. Jean Carroll arrived Tuesday morning for the start of her civil rape case against Former President Donald Trump.

  9. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Trial opens in E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit against Trump (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    A former advice columnist’s nearly 30-year-old rape claim against Donald Trump has gone to trial

  10. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Donald Trump goes on trial, accused of rape (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    NEW YORK -- Donald Trump went on trial Tuesday over a civil complaint filed by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who accuses the former president of raping her in a

  11. NPR

    E. Jean Carroll's civil trial against former President Donald Trump begins (opens NPR)

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    A civil trial against former President Donald Trump began Tuesday in Manhattan. Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in the 1990s.

  12. The Atlantic

    Two Ways of Understanding the E. Jean Carroll–Donald Trump Rape Trial (opens The Atlantic)

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    The writer and the former president have discussed the allegations at stake in revealingly different ways.

  13. Al Jazeera

    What to know about E Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Trump (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Carroll is suing Trump for alleged rape under new New York law and defamation; she says attack took place in mid-1990s.

  14. The Times of Israel

    Rape civil lawsuit trial against Donald Trump set to get underway (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Ex-advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former president assaulted her in 1990s, is seeking unspecified damages, retraction of disparaging remarks he made about accusation

  15. Newsweek

    Donald Trump could lose "many millions" in E. Jean Carroll trial—Attorney (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Trump is being sued by a magazine columnist who alleges he raped her in the 1990s, which he denies.

  16. New York Post

    E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit against Donald Trump heads to trial in NYC (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Trial starts Tuesday in the civil case that writer E. Jean Carroll brought against former President Trump claiming that he raped her in the 1990s.

  17. WMUR

    Trial opens in E. Jean Carroll's rape lawsuit against former president Donald Trump (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll filed a lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of rape.

  18. NBC News

    Writer E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegation against Trump goes to trial in New York (opens NBC News)

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    In a civil lawsuit, Carroll alleges Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. The former president says the claim is a lie.

  19. The Guardian

    Trump’s civil rape case: what is he accused of and what happens next? (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The writer E Jean Carroll is seeking damages after accusing the former president of sexually assaulting her in the mid-1990s

  20. People

    E. Jean Carroll's Rape and Defamation Case Against Donald Trump Goes to Trial in N.Y.C. Tuesday: What to Know (opens People)

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    Former Elle advice columnist and TV host E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of rape and defamation in a civil lawsuit filed under New York state's Adult Survivors Act

  21. PBS NewsHour

    Defamation lawsuit trial against Donald Trump set to get underway (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Jurors are about to be chosen to hear former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll's claims that Donald Trump raped her in the dressing room of a luxury Manhattan department store.

  22. New York Times

    Live Updates: The Civil Rape Case Against Donald Trump Goes to Trial (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    E. Jean Carroll has sued the former president, saying he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. He has said she fabricated the encounter, which she described in her 2019 memoir.

  23. Axios

    E. Jean Carroll's civil trial over rape allegations against Trump begins. Here's what to know (opens Axios)

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    Jury selection for the civil trial over sexual assault and defamation lawsuits against Trump began Tuesday.

  24. Washington Examiner

    Carroll v. Trump: The rape case that started at a Resistance party (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Jury selection begins Tuesday in a lawsuit brought against former President Donald Trump by the humor and advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says Trump raped her sometime in 1995 or 1996. Carroll, now 79, cannot remember which year it was, but at a minimum, the alleged attack took place about 27…

  25. New York Times

    Trump Faces Rape Allegation as E. Jean Carroll’s Suit Goes to Trial (opens New York Times)

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    The writer’s case will be heard in Federal District Court starting Tuesday. She says former President Donald J. Trump attacked her in a department store decades ago.

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