One day, after lawyers for each side presented their closing arguments in the highly publicized case that might result in millions of dollars in penalties for the former president, a federal jury will begin discussions on Tuesday in E. Jean Carroll’s rape and harassment claim against Donald Trump.
Roberta Kaplan, an attorney for Carroll, argued that the jury should hold Trump accountable for a rape that occurred in 1996 by saying, “He believes he may get off from it here.”
Carroll did not present a convincing argument, according to Trump’s attorneys, who maintain that the encounter from 1996 never occurred. They claimed that the plaintiff invented the allegation to revenge the former president politically and for the sake of money.
The claims, according to Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina, are an “affront to justice,” and he encouraged the jury to find the defendant not guilty.
In the final argument, Carroll’s defense team maintained their main argument: that Trump assaulted Carroll unexpectedly soon after the 2 had first interacted at a Bergdorf Goodman shop in New York City.