Trump rape accuser's claim not a 'he said, she said', lawyer says as trial starts

Shawn Crowley, who represents the former Elle magazine advice columnist, said during her opening statement on Tuesday that Trump"slammed Ms Carroll against the wall" and"pressed his lips to hers", an account that other witnesses were prepared to verify.Crowley spoke after US District Judge Lewis Kaplan sat nine jurors who will decide whether Trump raped Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, and defamed her by denying it happened.

She invoked a new New York state law giving adult sexual abuse victims a one-year window to sue their alleged attackers even if statutes of limitations expired long ago.JUDGE WARNS ABOUT INCITEFUL STATEMENTS He asked prospective jurors whether they agreed with Trump that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, or thought the #MeToo movement - which Carroll has said inspired her to come forward - would undercut their impartiality. None said they did.

Trump was not in the courthouse and was not required to attend the trial. He was also unlikely to testify, according to lawyers from both sides. Carroll said Trump then"maneuvered" her into a dressing room where he shut the door, forced her against a wall, pulled down her tights and penetrated her. She said she broke free after two to three minutes.

Trump's lawyers may try to undermine Carroll's credibility by noting that she did not call the police, remained publicly silent for more than two decades, and cannot remember the date or even the month of the alleged attack.

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