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Donald Trump’s alleged rape of E Jean Carroll matches his “MO” of targeting women at random, the former Elle magazine columnist’s attorney told jurors.
Opening arguments in the civil rape trial began in a courtroom in New York on Tuesday. Ms Carroll is expected to testify on Wednesday.
Ms Carroll has claimed that the former president raped her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in the mid-1990s.
She first spoke out about the allegations in 2019, when Mr Trump was president.
He denied the incident took place and infamously retorted, “She’s not my type”.
Now, Ms Carroll is getting her day in court after filing a new lawsuit in November, suing him for both the alleged sexual assault and for then defaming her by denying it took place.
The trial comes after New York passed its Adult Survivors Act, giving sexual abuse victims a one-year window to sue attackers for historic assaults.
