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I felt the same way. My first emotion was terror, then incredible sadness and finally the rage. Guess which lasted?
NY – Ex POTUS Donald Trump, sued by E. Jean Carroll, DT found liable re sexual assault, $5M award, countersuit dismissed, appeal rejected, 2023
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‘Does he look like he’s in hiding?’ Eric Trump defends his father’s Irish visit as legal battles rage back home
Trump’s son recalls visiting Seán Quinn’s Co Cavan hotel with his Irish nanny and assesses father’s chances in 2024 US election
(Eric) Trump rejects the suggestion that his father is in hiding in Scotland and Ireland due to his legal difficulties back home.
“I’m not going into that claim,” he says of the Carroll allegations, before adding: “Does he look like he’s in hiding?
“Excuse me, he came to Ireland for 24 hours, he just did a press conference for you on the first green of a golf course, does that look like he’s in hiding? C’mon.”
Asked why Trump was not submitting a defence, after his lawyers had indicated in the New York court they would not be calling any witnesses, his son says: “What do you think his people are doing right now?”
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Donald Trump departs Ireland to ‘confront’ accuser in New York case
Mr Trump said he would “probably attend” the hearing as he spoke to reporters while golfing at his resort outside the village of Doonbeg, Co Clare
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Former US president Donald Trump said he cut his trip to Ireland short so he could return to “confront” his accuser in a New York civil rape case, which he described as a “political attack”.
Mr Trump departed Shannon Airport at approximately 5.30pm on Thursday after arriving in Ireland one day earlier.
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He should talk about looks!--- Sorry Donald, who are you to disparage any woman's looks! -- I have wondered how Melania has gotten thru her marriage. He was once a decent looking man- he now looks like a bloated dirigible!!! All I can say there is no amount of money that would encourage me to let him put one of his tiny fingers on any part of me---ewwwwww
Trump defends 'Access Hollywood' tape in E. Jean Carroll deposition, cites 'last million years' of history
Before his "grab them by the p----" line, Trump told Billy Bush: "When you're a star, they let you do it." He added in the deposition: "Historically, that's true, with stars."lawandcrime.com
In each instance, Trump implied that he didn’t find his accuser physically attractive, and he acknowledged that implication in the video.
In Carroll’s case, Trump said: “She’s not my type,” but the jury saw that claim take a hit when Trump mistook Carroll with his ex-wife Marla Maples in the video.
“That’s Marla, yeah,” Trump could be seen commenting, apparently referring to Carroll. “That’s my wife.”
The photograph, seen in the deposition, showed Trump, Carroll, and then-spouses Ivana Trump and John Johnson. Trump was referring to the woman standing next to Johnson, who was Carroll.
As an afterthought, Trump claimed the photograph was “blurry.”
Jumping at the error, Carroll’s attorney Roberta Kaplan asked Trump: “I take it the three women you married are all your type?”
Trump answered in the affirmative.
No fewer than four times, Trump has been seen by jurors disparaging the attractiveness of women who appeared in court. In another video, Trump said of Leeds: “She would not be my first choice.”
At a rally, Trump jeered Stoynoff to a roaring crowd by saying: “Look at her. Look at her words. You tell me. What do you think? I don’t think so.”
The fourth woman who’s appearance Trump disparaged was Carroll’s lawyer: Kaplan.
“You wouldn’t be a choice of mine, either, to be honest,” he said during the deposition. “I hope you’re not insulted.”
“I wouldn’t, in any circumstances, have any interest in you,” Trump added.
Elliot_Alderson
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He is such a stupid idiot. I guess women can only be raped if they're considered attractive by the rapist.
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‘Does he look like he’s in hiding?’ Eric Trump defends his father’s Irish visit as legal battles rage back home
Trump’s son recalls visiting Seán Quinn’s Co Cavan hotel with his Irish nanny and assesses father’s chances in 2024 US electionwww.irishtimes.com
(Eric) Trump rejects the suggestion that his father is in hiding in Scotland and Ireland due to his legal difficulties back home.
“I’m not going into that claim,” he says of the Carroll allegations, before adding: “Does he look like he’s in hiding?
“Excuse me, he came to Ireland for 24 hours, he just did a press conference for you on the first green of a golf course, does that look like he’s in hiding? C’mon.”
Asked why Trump was not submitting a defence, after his lawyers had indicated in the New York court they would not be calling any witnesses, his son says: “What do you think his people are doing right now?”
But is Russia a stop on his trip?
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Must be shopping for a new wife.
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Donald Trump goes on attack against rape case while on Irish trip
Ex-president claims trial is political attempt to derail his White House bid, while deposition shown again in court on Thursdaywww.theguardian.com
Speaking in Ireland, Mr Trump described Judge Kaplan as a “rough judge”.
“He doesn’t like me very much, he was appointed by Bill Clinton,” he said.
“It’s a disgrace but we have to do it, it’s a part of life.
“It’s a fake claim like all the other claims, just like ‘Russia Russia Russia’.”
He claimed Ms Carroll was a “Democrat” and that the lawsuit was a “political scam”.
“Because of that I have to leave Ireland and I have to leave Scotland where I have great properties, I have to leave early.
“I don’t have to but I choose to.”
The judge should probably address these comments.
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He never stops with these outrageous accusations because, so far there are no consequences
And I don't expect there will be any for this belligerent allegation!
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The judge in the Carroll trial says he will allow Trump's lawyer until 5pm on Sunday to make a motion "on behalf of Mr. Trump to reopen his case for the purpose and the sole purpose of testifying as a witness in this case."
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Thinking that maybe Judge Kaplan has called his bluff.
"The time hasn't run out now, come and testify."
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Repairing Trump's alleged damage to E. Jean Carroll's reputation could cost up to $2.7 million, expert testifies
Repairing the alleged damage to E. Jean Carroll's reputation caused by then-President Trump's Oct. 12, 2022, social post could cost up $2.7 million, an expert testified.
Repairing the damage to writer E. Jean Carroll's reputation caused by then-President Donald Trump's Oct. 12, 2022, social media post that allegedly defamed her could cost up to $2.7 million, a marketing expert told the jury Thursday on the last day of testimony in Carroll's defamation and battery case against the former president.
Northwestern University professor Ashlee Humphrey testified Thursday that Trump's post, in which he called Carroll's claim a "con job," was viewed between 13 and 18 million times, and she estimated that about 5 million users believed its content.
Humphreys told the jury that although Trump posted his statement solely on his Truth Social platform, "it appeared widely" throughout the mass media.
On cross-examination, Humphreys agreed that Trump's views of Carroll's rape allegation were well-known by the time he made the post in October 2022.
"The horse was kind of out of the barn," defense attorney Perry Brandt said.
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But I thought he said the trial was so going so great for him?
This should be an easy win for Carroll as it stands, for any objective jury, and if Trump testifies it will only make it easier. There's no way he will, the last thing he wants to do is answer questions where he's not in control. And questions he can't answer in any sensible way.
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Exactly. He won’t put on his big boy pants and say these things to her face, just behind computer screens and in front of what’s left of his adoring ‘fans’. MOO
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Repairing Trump's alleged damage to E. Jean Carroll's reputation could cost up to $2.7 million, expert testifies
Repairing the alleged damage to E. Jean Carroll's reputation caused by then-President Trump's Oct. 12, 2022, social post could cost up $2.7 million, an expert testified.abcnews.go.com
Repairing the damage to writer E. Jean Carroll's reputation caused by then-President Donald Trump's Oct. 12, 2022, social media post that allegedly defamed her could cost up to $2.7 million, a marketing expert told the jury Thursday on the last day of testimony in Carroll's defamation and battery case against the former president.
Northwestern University professor Ashlee Humphrey testified Thursday that Trump's post, in which he called Carroll's claim a "con job," was viewed between 13 and 18 million times, and she estimated that about 5 million users believed its content.
Humphreys told the jury that although Trump posted his statement solely on his Truth Social platform, "it appeared widely" throughout the mass media.
On cross-examination, Humphreys agreed that Trump's views of Carroll's rape allegation were well-known by the time he made the post in October 2022.
"The horse was kind of out of the barn," defense attorney Perry Brandt said.
Trump’s earlier denials caused even more reputational harm, Humphreys said, as when Trump claimed that he had never met Carroll and when he said she was “totally lying” just after she went public in June 2019.
Those estimates could be a factor if the jury finds that Trump defamed Carroll and must weigh monetary damages. She is seeking an unspecified amount of money and a retraction of Trump statements that she alleges were defamatory.
Judge gives Trump time to decide on testifying at rape trial
Donald Trump hinted that he might show up soon at the New York City trial where a jury is hearing allegations that he raped a woman in the mid-1990s. The former president’s lawyers insist that he won’t attend the proceedings or testify. Now the judge is offering him one last chance to change his...
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When E Jean Carroll wins, I wonder what her requested apology (retraction) is going to look like.
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Yeah, like all these women were raped because they were so attractive.
'Vicious predator' who beat, repeatedly raped 86-year-old Houston woman sentenced
Jack Flynn Carlin II, 55, broke the victim's vertebra and knocked out some of her teeth during the four-hour attack.
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Police Make Arrest Following Rape Of 78-Year-Old Woman In Queens
Police say Ryan Bayard raped a 78-year-old woman around 6:30 a.m. Sunday inside a house on 148th Avenue near 241st Street in Rosedale.
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The worst part of the issue of elderly women being raped is that you can arbitrarily enter an age: 81, 86, 77 it seems you always get a result.
Unless you are a moron (here's looking at you Donnie) rape and sexual assault have nothing to do with physical attraction it has to do with power.
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I'm pretty sure that when I heard about it, I felt relieved in a way.
I mean, disgusted at what he said, but we all know there are men who think and talk that way, and I had hope the #metoo movement was calling them to account.
But relieved because I [naïvely] thought the release of the tape with those offensive comments would spell the failure of his run for office. Sigh...