And Carroll's team has showed excerpts from a video deposition of Trump. The jury also heard from two other women who also testified saying they were assaulted by Trump as well. They've presented two friends of Carroll's who each said she told them about the assault right after it happened. So her lawyers have tried to bolster her account with other kinds of witnesses and evidence. There is no video evidence, no DNA, no direct witnesses besides E. MARRITZ: Well, there's a lot that this case does not have. MARTIN: Before we get into the closing arguments, can you just remind us of what are the key elements of the case? MARTIN: NPR's Ilya Marritz has been watching. Today, both sides have the chance to make their closing arguments in the civil case. Jean Carroll says that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the changing room of an upscale Manhattan department store about 28 years ago.Īnd for the past week, her lawyers have been presenting evidence of the alleged rape and defamation to a jury.
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