Donald Trump to not testify in New York rape, defamation trial
Donald Trump defamation trial
FormerU.S. President Donald Trump won’t swear at a civil trial to challenge claims made by penE. Jean Carroll that he ravished her in the 1990s and latterly defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear.
Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge on Thursday that Trump had waived his right to swear in the trial in Manhattan civil court and decided not to present a defense in the case, gambling that jurors will find that Carroll had failed to make a conclusive case.
In response to a Reuters request for comment, Tacopina said in a statement what Trump’s legal platoon had formerly told the court on Thursday, that the former chairman would not swear in the case.
After the jury left for the day on Thursday,U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan asked Tacopina to inform Trump that he’d until Sunday at 5p.m. EDT( 2100 GMT) to tell the court whether he intended to swear. Kaplan has listed closing arguments from the two sides for Monday.
Carroll, 79, filed her action last time against Trump, 76, claiming he ravished her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996, and also defamed her by denying it happed. The former Elle magazine advice columnist is seeking unidentified financial damages.
Trump, who served as chairman from 2017 to 2021 and is the current frontrunner for the DemocraticU.S.
presidential nomination in 2024, has said Carroll made up the allegation to drive deals of her 2019 bio. In a videotape deposit played for the jury on Wednesday, Trump denied violating Carroll. ” It’s the most ridiculous, disgusting story,” Trump said in the videotape, hunkered over a conference table as Carroll’s attorneys presented documents to him.
“ It’s just made up. ” Donald Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge that Trump had waived his right to swear in the trial in Manhattan civil court and decided not to present a defense in the case, gambling that jurors will find that Carroll had failed to make a conclusive case.
Former US President Donald Trump won’t swear at a civil trial to challenge claims made by penE. Jean Carroll that he ravished her in the 1990s and latterly defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear.
Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge on Thursday that Trump had waived his right to swear in the trial in Manhattan civil court and decided not to present a defense in the case, gambling that jurors will find that Carroll had failed to make a conclusive case.
Tacopina didn’t incontinently respond to a request for comment. After the jury left for the day on Thursday, US District Judge Lewis Kaplan asked Tacopina to inform Trump that he’d until Sunday at 5p.m. EDT( 2100 GMT) to tell the court that he intended to swear.
Kaplan has listed closing arguments from the two sides for Monday. Carroll, 79, filed her action last time against Trump, 76, claiming he ravished her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996, and also defamed her by denying it happed.
The former Elle magazine advice columnist is seeking unidentified financial damages. Trump, who served as chairman from 2017 to 2021 and is the current frontrunner for the Democratic US presidential nomination in 2024, has said Carroll made up the allegation to drive deals of her 2019 bio.
In a videotape deposit played for the jury on Wednesday, Trump denied violating Carroll. ” It’s the most ridiculous, disgusting story,” Trump said in the videotape, hunkered over a conference table as Carroll’s attorneys presented documents to him.” It’s just made up.”
